Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 375 · 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) girl (b) March (c) Kenya (d) Holi
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) garden (c) boy (d) pencil
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Diwali (c) Friday (d) Holi
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Japan (c) Delhi (d) Nepal
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) June (d) school
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) Zoya (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Pune (c) garden (d) Godavari
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) teacher (c) Yamuna (d) Sunday
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) festival (c) Sunday (d) Kenya
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) Aisha (d) book
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Pune (c) mango (d) Kolkata
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) Mumbai (d) mango
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Neel (c) mango (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) Lucknow (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Pune (c) Friday (d) Yamuna
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) river (c) train (d) school
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Kolkata (c) month (d) Nepal
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) Tara (d) mango
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Delhi (c) Chennai (d) school
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Yamuna (c) city (d) kite
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Arjun (c) river (d) teacher
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) city (c) Ganga (d) Kaveri
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ira (b) elephant (c) train (d) mango
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) country
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) festival
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Pune (c) Diwali (d) Nepal
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Kaveri (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kolkata (c) book (d) Kaveri

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