Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 393 · 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) school (b) Japan (c) river (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) month (c) pencil (d) mango
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) garden (c) teacher (d) Narmada
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) city (d) pencil
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) girl (d) Godavari
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Kolkata (c) Lucknow (d) India
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) month
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) day
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) ball (d) Rahul
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) river (c) Delhi (d) Jaipur
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Japan (c) festival (d) Kaveri
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Pune (c) Jaipur (d) Monday
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) boy (c) Chennai (d) Ganga
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) book
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) Monday (d) train
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sneha (b) elephant (c) book (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Kenya (c) city (d) January
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) January (c) kite (d) Monday
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) country
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) festival (c) month (d) elephant
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) teacher (c) river (d) boy
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) month (c) pencil (d) river
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Yamuna (c) mango (d) elephant
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) school (c) Kolkata (d) June
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) book (c) Diwali (d) June
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Mumbai (c) book (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) Aditya (d) garden
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) kite (c) teacher (d) train
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) Omkar (d) pencil
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) March (d) school

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