Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 366 · 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) garden (b) boy (c) elephant (d) Kenya
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) ball (c) river (d) school
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) Riya (d) pencil
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Pongal (c) Delhi (d) book
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) river (c) festival (d) Godavari
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Sunday (c) pencil (d) teacher
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Godavari (c) Sunday (d) teacher
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kenya (c) kite (d) March
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) ball (d) Mumbai
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Holi (c) city (d) train
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) Nepal (d) mango
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) mango (c) city (d) book
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) Godavari
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) month (c) Ganga (d) Kenya
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) Kaveri (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) mango (c) Arjun (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) festival (c) Chennai (d) Friday
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) mango (d) Yamuna
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) mango (c) month (d) elephant
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) boy (c) festival (d) teacher
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) river (c) January (d) Ganga
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Kenya (c) Chennai (d) boy
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Monday (c) January (d) school
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) girl (c) Chennai (d) Delhi
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) boy (d) Zoya
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Chennai (c) mango (d) Delhi

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