Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 429 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Riya (c) boy (d) girl
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Monday (c) Lucknow (d) Narmada
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) river (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Narmada (c) Pongal (d) Sunday
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) festival (c) Yamuna (d) Kaveri
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Mumbai (c) Pune (d) kite
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Eid (c) city (d) Kolkata
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) country
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) month (c) India (d) Godavari
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Delhi (c) October (d) girl
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) city (c) river (d) Nepal
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Godavari (c) Mumbai (d) mango
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) girl (d) Pooja
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Pune (d) kite
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) girl (d) Narmada
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) Kolkata
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) train (d) India
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) boy (c) Ganga (d) January
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Delhi (c) garden (d) Ganga
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) month (d) Kenya
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) festival (d) January
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) Rahul (d) school
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Isha (b) month (c) festival (d) book
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) river (c) mango (d) boy
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Delhi (d) train
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) Holi (d) river

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