Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 433 · 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) city (b) Narmada (c) Diwali (d) Kaveri
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) pencil (d) October
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Chennai (c) Kenya (d) kite
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Monday (c) ball (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) Kenya (d) train
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Mumbai (c) boy (d) Delhi
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Godavari (c) garden (d) school
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) mango (c) Mumbai (d) June
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) ball (c) Pune (d) Kenya
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Lucknow (c) Nepal (d) October
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Sneha (c) pencil (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) train (c) Friday (d) March
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) garden (c) Yamuna (d) Kaveri
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) India (d) festival
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) month
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Neel (c) teacher (d) book
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Pune (c) January (d) Yamuna
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) school (c) March (d) Kolkata
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Sunday (c) Kolkata (d) March
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) kite (d) Rohan
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Chennai (c) festival (d) India
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) train (c) Ira (d) garden
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) ball (c) school (d) garden
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) festival (d) Delhi
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) October (c) Onam (d) book
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) Kunal (d) kite
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Kaveri (c) elephant (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) teacher
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) river (d) Yamuna

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