Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 370 · 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) book (b) river (c) garden (d) Monday
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) Lucknow (d) river
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Priya (c) kite (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kaveri (c) Monday (d) book
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) teacher (c) Diwali (d) Nepal
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) ball (c) Eid (d) Nepal
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Ganga (d) month
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) country
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) pencil (c) Ishaan (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) Friday
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Myra (c) kite (d) mango
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Kaveri (c) October (d) March
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) city (d) India
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Lucknow (c) Kaveri (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Lucknow (c) Holi (d) boy
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Jaipur (c) Delhi (d) Kenya
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Chennai (c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) January (c) festival (d) Kolkata
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) Onam (d) elephant
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Friday (c) Ganga (d) Holi
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) Sunday (d) school
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) river (d) Neel
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) city (c) kite (d) river
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) train (c) kite (d) pencil
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Mumbai (c) Onam (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) garden (d) Holi
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) day
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Diwali (d) kite

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