Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 343 · 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) pencil (b) Ganga (c) Nepal (d) Eid
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kabir (c) teacher (d) month
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Jaipur (c) Diwali (d) mango
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) festival (c) school (d) boy
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) January (c) elephant (d) Kaveri
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Pongal (c) boy (d) Lucknow
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Riya (c) ball (d) river
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Pune (c) Monday (d) girl
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) June (c) Diwali (d) Eid
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) Pongal (d) book
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Godavari (c) month (d) Kolkata
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) ball (c) river (d) Meera
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Onam (c) Yamuna (d) garden
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) school (d) January
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) month (c) train (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Lucknow (c) teacher (d) kite
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Kaveri (d) pencil
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) teacher (c) Mumbai (d) Lucknow
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) Ira (d) girl
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Delhi (c) Yamuna (d) Narmada
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) festival
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) city (d) Tara
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Monday (c) Nepal (d) Yamuna
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Delhi (c) city (d) school
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) river (c) Japan (d) India
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Monday (c) train (d) Kenya
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) mango
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival

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