Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 443 · 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) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) boy (c) elephant (d) school
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) Narmada (d) kite
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) boy (c) mango (d) teacher
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Onam (c) month (d) Kenya
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) Onam (d) city
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) Kolkata (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Chennai (c) girl (d) June
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) elephant (d) Aditya
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Sunday (c) India (d) Kaveri
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Friday (c) January (d) kite
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) June (c) school (d) Mumbai
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) festival
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) Omkar (d) pencil
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) Yamuna (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Kaveri (c) train (d) Yamuna
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Monday (c) book (d) January
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) January (d) garden
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Jaipur (c) Chennai (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Yamuna (c) June (d) boy
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) city (c) girl (d) train
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) month
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) boy (d) Pongal
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Isha (c) kite (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Godavari (c) Kolkata (d) elephant
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Rohan (d) school
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Karan (b) city (c) elephant (d) kite
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival

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