Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 369 · 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: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) India (c) Sunday (d) Diwali
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Holi (c) Pongal (d) Diwali
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) day
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) ball (d) Tara
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) day
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) October (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) river (c) ball (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) kite (c) mango (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) day
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) river (c) girl (d) mango
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Japan (c) girl (d) book
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Chennai (c) Japan (d) mango
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Holi (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) elephant (c) month (d) mango
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Nisha (c) book (d) train
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) book (c) June (d) Delhi
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Diwali (c) March (d) October
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) Arjun (d) kite
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) month (c) January (d) Godavari
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) boy
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) garden (d) January
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) city (c) Ira (d) mango
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) elephant (d) Kaveri
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Diwali (c) train (d) Nepal
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Japan (c) Friday (d) Kolkata
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) India (c) Jaipur (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) Priya (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) Monday (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) river (c) kite (d) Yamuna

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