Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 379 · 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) elephant (b) train (c) Pune (d) river
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) festival (c) Ganga (d) Kolkata
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) October (c) Eid (d) elephant
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) festival
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) train (d) Eid
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Kaveri (c) Yamuna (d) teacher
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) pencil (c) Pune (d) Sunday
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) ball (d) Pooja
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) river (c) festival (d) Sunday
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Delhi (c) kite (d) Yamuna
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) India (c) river (d) book
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Narmada (c) Ganga (d) school
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Jaipur (c) Sunday (d) train
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) festival (c) boy (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) book (d) Kaveri
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) Ganga (d) kite
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) garden
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Mumbai (c) pencil (d) book
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) October (c) Mumbai (d) March
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Nepal (c) mango (d) Monday
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) city (c) January (d) Diwali
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) June (d) elephant
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) kite (d) Kolkata
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) school (c) city (d) Karan
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) kite (c) festival (d) March
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) ball (c) Diwali (d) festival
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) girl (c) Diwali (d) January
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Kunal (c) ball (d) mango
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Jaipur (c) Delhi (d) boy
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kavya (c) kite (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Monday (d) teacher

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