Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 440 · 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) book (c) January (d) Holi
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Diwali (c) March (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) teacher (c) boy (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) ball (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) train (c) Narmada (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Pune (c) Mumbai (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Yamuna (c) Sunday (d) boy
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) Ishaan (d) book
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Mumbai (c) Onam (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) Chennai (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) school (c) girl (d) Delhi
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) river (c) pencil (d) India
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Onam (c) boy (d) river
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) kite (c) mango (d) Japan
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) month
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) Pune (d) pencil
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) teacher (c) Monday (d) October
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) Mumbai (d) book
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Onam (c) Pune (d) Delhi
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Jaipur (c) elephant (d) Pune
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kunal (c) festival (d) elephant
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Narmada (c) pencil (d) Yamuna
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Kaveri (c) Monday (d) Holi
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) train (d) Omkar
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) March (c) Pongal (d) garden
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) June (c) month (d) Delhi
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Pongal (c) Delhi (d) mango
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Holi (c) pencil (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) garden (c) month (d) Monday
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kaveri (c) Onam (d) ball
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) Sunday (d) festival

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