Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 367 · 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) Diwali (b) January (c) kite (d) October
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) Kaveri (d) boy
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) school (d) Eid
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Narmada (c) Eid (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Pongal (c) pencil (d) kite
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) ball (c) kite (d) school
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kabir (c) book (d) boy
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) festival
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) city
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Rahul (c) girl (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) Chennai (d) elephant
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Yamuna (c) Delhi (d) mango
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) teacher (c) train (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) festival (d) Ganga
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Sneha (c) kite (d) mango
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) school (c) March (d) Japan
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Holi (c) March (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) ball (d) Saanvi
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) March (c) kite (d) ball
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Lucknow (c) Nepal (d) Kolkata
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) kite (c) festival (d) Manav
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) city (c) Chennai (d) Delhi
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) city (c) pencil (d) school
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) boy (c) pencil (d) Pune
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Friday (c) Holi (d) Sunday
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) Nisha (d) pencil
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) Kolkata (d) boy
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) month (c) train (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) Aisha (d) garden
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river

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