Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 339 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) elephant (d) June
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) river (c) ball (d) festival
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Nepal (c) Kaveri (d) Delhi
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Japan (c) girl (d) India
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Narmada (c) Delhi (d) boy
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Pongal (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) garden (c) March (d) Pune
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) book (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) ball (c) Nepal (d) Pongal
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) girl (c) city (d) pencil
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Japan (c) month (d) Monday
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Mumbai (c) Jaipur (d) Delhi
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Chennai (c) Eid (d) elephant
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) June (c) train (d) Jaipur
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) garden (c) boy (d) train
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Chennai (c) Diwali (d) pencil
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Saanvi (c) kite (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Delhi (c) ball (d) month
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) mango (c) Yamuna (d) Delhi
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) Pune (d) pencil
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) girl (c) festival (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) train (c) Sneha (d) month
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) January (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) Jaipur (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Holi (c) river (d) Kolkata
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) city (c) Godavari (d) June
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) October (c) Yamuna (d) Sunday
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aisha (b) elephant (c) kite (d) train
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river

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