Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 395 · 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) Onam (b) Holi (c) month (d) Nepal
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Sunday (c) Eid (d) Kolkata
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) girl (c) train (d) ball
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) train (c) river (d) garden
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) girl (c) school (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) ball (c) boy (d) teacher
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) June (c) Nepal (d) Kolkata
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Farhan (c) garden (d) book
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) January (c) Ganga (d) Pune
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) Holi (d) ball
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) kite (c) Sunday (d) India
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Monday (c) Chennai (d) mango
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) city (c) Narmada (d) Lucknow
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Ganga (c) garden (d) ball
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) pencil (d) Kabir
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) June
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Jaipur (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Rohan (c) city (d) boy
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Diwali (c) Kolkata (d) boy
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) boy (c) city (d) Sunday
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) India (c) Chennai (d) garden
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) Monday (d) garden
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) festival (d) Kolkata
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) Aisha (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Narmada (c) Chennai (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kenya (c) Nepal (d) October
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Chennai (c) Kenya (d) elephant
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Manav (c) river (d) elephant
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) teacher (c) month (d) Ishaan

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