Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 377 · 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: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Sneha (c) ball (d) school
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Mumbai (c) Friday (d) Onam
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) Kaveri (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) India (c) pencil (d) teacher
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Delhi (c) river (d) garden
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Eid (d) teacher
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Monday (c) garden (d) teacher
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Onam (c) elephant (d) Sunday
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) month (c) Delhi (d) Lucknow
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Lucknow (c) train (d) Monday
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) June (c) Yamuna (d) garden
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) school (c) pencil (d) Isha
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) day
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Yamuna (c) city (d) October
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) March (d) ball
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) book (d) January
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) mango (d) festival
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) Kolkata (d) train
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Saanvi (c) boy (d) pencil
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kaveri (c) Sunday (d) Lucknow
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Chennai (c) boy (d) Ganga
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Monday (c) Nepal (d) school
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) boy (d) Pune
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) June (d) river
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) Neel (d) train
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) mango (c) teacher (d) month
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) pencil (d) Holi
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Pune (c) river (d) Ganga
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city

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