Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 431 · 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) Ganga (b) June (c) pencil (d) Kaveri
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) month (d) Delhi
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) school (c) ball (d) girl
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) boy (d) Jaipur
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kaveri (c) pencil (d) school
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) river (d) Godavari
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) India (c) river (d) Jaipur
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) teacher (d) October
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kunal (c) teacher (d) city
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) day
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Holi (c) train (d) October
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) Neel (d) river
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) Meera (d) elephant
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) Dev (d) book
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Monday (c) Holi (d) Delhi
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) month (c) boy (d) mango
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) teacher (c) Pune (d) Sunday
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Pongal (c) March (d) Eid
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Omkar (b) book (c) teacher (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Japan (c) Jaipur (d) kite
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) book (c) festival (d) Pongal
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 common noun? (a) Onam (b) January (c) festival (d) Diwali
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) Kenya
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) Holi
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Karan (b) teacher (c) river (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) ball (c) Japan (d) Kenya
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Eid (c) Kenya (d) Japan
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) January (c) Kenya (d) school
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) city (c) January (d) Pongal
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Sunday (c) festival (d) elephant
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) boy (d) Aditya
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) elephant (c) Monday (d) Godavari
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival

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