Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 444 · 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) January (b) boy (c) Kolkata (d) Mumbai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) ball
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) girl (c) Kaveri (d) Yamuna
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Eid (c) June (d) mango
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Mumbai (c) river (d) Lucknow
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Nisha (c) garden (d) elephant
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Holi (c) Narmada (d) book
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Onam (c) month (d) Kenya
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) city (c) Kenya (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Neel (c) month (d) book
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Japan (c) mango (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) city (c) June (d) Lucknow
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Delhi (c) train (d) Mumbai
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) train (c) mango (d) boy
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) pencil (c) festival (d) elephant
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) ball (d) Onam
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) school (d) Pune
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) Lucknow (d) book
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) city (c) festival (d) Isha
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sneha (b) month (c) boy (d) kite
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Chennai (c) Godavari (d) October
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) January (b) river (c) train (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) March (c) Yamuna (d) kite
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) March (c) Japan (d) Ganga
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) June (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Sunday (c) city (d) boy

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