Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 358 · 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: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) country
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Diwali (c) Delhi (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Jaipur (c) India (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) kite (d) June
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) kite (d) Mumbai
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Eid (c) March (d) Sunday
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) month (d) pencil
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) festival (d) Nepal
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Delhi (c) teacher (d) Kaveri
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Yamuna (c) kite (d) pencil
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Ganga (c) boy (d) pencil
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (c) Friday (d) mango
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Kolkata (c) city (d) Pongal
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) boy (d) Karan
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Onam (c) girl (d) Yamuna
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) month (c) festival (d) pencil
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Pongal (c) Onam (d) elephant
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) October (c) month (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) teacher (c) boy (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) India (c) Kolkata (d) Diwali
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) Godavari (d) month
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) ball (d) Kunal
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Japan (c) Pune (d) Diwali
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Narmada (c) garden (d) elephant
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) pencil (c) boy (d) train
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) train (c) month (d) teacher
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Yash (c) girl (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) Pune (d) book
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Kaveri (c) Kolkata (d) Jaipur
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Narmada (d) train

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