Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 325 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Special name, capital letter): A common noun is a general word for any person, place, animal or thing: girl, river, mango, festival. A proper noun is the special name of one person, place, river, day, month or festival: Riya, Ganga, Monday, Diwali. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do not (unless they begin a sentence).

1. 1.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Kaveri (c) kite (d) Holi
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) festival (c) June (d) Kaveri
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Godavari (c) Delhi (d) school
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Delhi (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) garden (c) boy (d) Kaveri
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) October (c) month (d) ball
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) India (c) festival (d) pencil
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) Pune
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Diwali (c) Chennai (d) book
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Kolkata (c) Eid (d) river
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Jaipur (c) garden (d) Yamuna
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Dev (b) mango (c) train (d) pencil
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) garden (c) city (d) Lucknow
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Yamuna (c) city (d) school
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Riya (b) pencil (c) city (d) festival
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) Pune (d) train
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) Godavari (d) teacher
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) Eid (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) mango (c) Pune (d) Nepal
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) garden (c) Farhan (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) Sunday (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) city (d) girl
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Jaipur (c) Kolkata (d) boy
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) festival
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river

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