Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 365 · 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: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) January
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) school (c) festival (d) Lucknow
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) month (c) kite (d) garden
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Ganga (c) Pune (d) Kolkata
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Nisha (c) elephant (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Ganga (c) Jaipur (d) Kolkata
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) river (d) March
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) Farhan
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Eid (c) river (d) pencil
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) girl (c) March (d) Friday
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Holi (c) mango (d) teacher
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) March (c) teacher (d) Ganga
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Mumbai (c) Pongal (d) mango
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Lucknow (c) Ganga (d) Onam
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) Myra (d) elephant
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) school (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Zoya (b) city (c) ball (d) garden
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) book (d) Pooja
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Pune (c) train (d) book
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) festival (c) ball (d) girl
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) pencil (c) festival (d) elephant
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Mumbai (c) elephant (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) March (c) Ganga (d) festival
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Godavari (c) girl (d) kite
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Jaipur (c) October (d) pencil
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) Saanvi

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