Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 437 · 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) Friday (b) Lucknow (c) Japan (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Yamuna (c) boy (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) Manav (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Delhi (c) Chennai (d) March
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) Chennai
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) country
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) school (d) Kolkata
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) river (c) pencil (d) kite
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) mango (d) Narmada
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) city (c) Diwali (d) Jaipur
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) October (c) January (d) book
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) Holi (d) teacher
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) January (c) Nepal (d) Kolkata
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Chennai (c) Nepal (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kavya (c) pencil (d) elephant
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) city (c) Friday (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Arjun (c) river (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) ball (c) teacher (d) kite
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) country
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) girl (d) Onam
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) boy (c) Monday (d) Jaipur
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) teacher (c) school (d) festival
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) country
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Farhan (c) month (d) pencil
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Friday (c) ball (d) Chennai
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) Sunday (d) city

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