Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 386 · 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) train (b) month (c) garden (d) Saanvi
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) month
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) day
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Japan (c) garden (d) teacher
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) book (d) Sunday
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) Kaveri (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) book (c) ball (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) Kunal (d) ball
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) October (c) girl (d) Yamuna
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) January
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) boy
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Pune (c) Sunday (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Farhan (b) city (c) pencil (d) ball
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) Ishaan
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) Ira (d) pencil
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) teacher (d) March
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Pongal (c) Diwali (d) teacher
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Diwali (c) Monday (d) Pune
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) January (c) Narmada (d) Jaipur
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) country
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) boy (c) city (d) elephant
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Pooja (c) elephant (d) month
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) month (d) Diwali
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Pune (c) mango (d) book
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Monday (c) March (d) Lucknow
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) book (d) Kenya
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rahul (b) girl (c) garden (d) month
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Vivaan (c) river (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) Jaipur (d) teacher
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) Narmada (d) train
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) Yamuna (d) girl

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