Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 336 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Kaveri (c) school (d) Kenya
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Chennai (c) school (d) boy
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) Sunday
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) Pongal (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) Kolkata (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Holi
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) city (c) girl (d) Saanvi
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) book (c) Godavari (d) Kenya
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) Onam
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pooja (b) river (c) pencil (d) book
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) school (d) Narmada
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) day
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Yamuna (c) Lucknow (d) Kolkata
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Ganga (c) elephant (d) Narmada
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) Yamuna (d) pencil
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) girl (d) India
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) garden (d) Rohan
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) October (d) school
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) Ishaan (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) Diwali (d) kite
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Sunday (c) pencil (d) Eid
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) country
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Jaipur (c) mango (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) India (c) month (d) Mumbai
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) March (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Pune (c) June (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Diwali (c) girl (d) January
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Pongal (d) train
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Sunday (c) river (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) ball (c) girl (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) Delhi (d) elephant

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