Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 331 · 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) Pune (b) January (c) Kolkata (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) school (d) teacher
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Pune (c) train (d) school
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) month (c) Japan (d) Friday
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Ganga (c) river (d) Kolkata
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) garden (c) festival (d) school
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) boy (c) January (d) Friday
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Chennai (c) girl (d) Jaipur
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Kenya (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) month (d) Narmada
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) book (c) train (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) festival (d) January
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) ball (c) kite (d) Ira
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) Godavari (d) pencil
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Jaipur (c) boy (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) ball (c) Kaveri (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) Aditya (d) garden
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) elephant (c) Kolkata (d) kite
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Nepal (c) Holi (d) Japan
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) teacher (d) India
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Dev (c) river (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Delhi (c) kite (d) Yamuna
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Kaveri (c) Narmada (d) mango
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Nepal
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Monday (c) Jaipur (d) Pongal
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) Chennai (d) school
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) ball (c) Japan (d) Nepal
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Monday (c) month (d) city

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