Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 352 · 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: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Narmada (d) pencil
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) country
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) river (d) Farhan
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) country
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) garden (c) Japan (d) Ganga
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Kavya (d) girl
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) Vivaan (d) book
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Kunal (c) elephant (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) October (c) kite (d) Nepal
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) ball (d) Rohan
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Eid (c) Pongal (d) month
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Holi (c) girl (d) Yamuna
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Pongal (c) festival (d) elephant
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Delhi (c) Eid (d) Yamuna
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) ball (d) Delhi
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Chennai (c) Delhi (d) India
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) girl (d) Saanvi
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) October (c) elephant (d) Onam
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) Dev (d) boy
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) festival (c) month (d) river
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Kaveri (c) Holi (d) Nepal
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) June (c) Diwali (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) kite (d) Lucknow
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) boy (c) garden (d) pencil
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) June (d) garden
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Jaipur (c) Delhi (d) ball
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) day
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river

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