Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 421 · 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) Delhi (b) pencil (c) October (d) Monday
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) teacher (c) India (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Ananya (c) teacher (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) ball (c) garden (d) elephant
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) elephant (c) ball (d) garden
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) book (c) Friday (d) Jaipur
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kenya (c) mango (d) Diwali
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Mumbai (c) festival (d) Holi
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Vivaan (c) train (d) book
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) Kenya
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Holi (c) teacher (d) Delhi
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) girl (c) mango (d) kite
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) city (c) mango (d) elephant
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Lucknow (c) train (d) Nepal
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) month (d) Holi
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) train (c) mango (d) elephant
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) Ganga (d) month
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Eid (c) Kenya (d) kite
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) Tara (d) mango
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) book (c) kite (d) Meera
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Monday (c) Holi (d) Kolkata
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) kite (c) Dev (d) boy
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) Pune (d) boy
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) Jaipur (d) pencil
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) ball (d) October
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Ganga (c) Delhi (d) garden
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) Riya (d) girl
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) girl (c) kite (d) pencil

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