Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 446 · 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: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) festival
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Lucknow (c) river (d) teacher
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) Delhi (d) book
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) train (c) school (d) Onam
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Pongal (c) boy (d) Godavari
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Myra (c) garden (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Nepal (c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) elephant (c) month (d) garden
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) October (c) mango (d) Yamuna
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) kite (c) school (d) Eid
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) pencil (c) Kavya (d) boy
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) girl
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) train (c) girl (d) Diwali
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Sunday (c) month (d) Eid
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Ganga (c) kite (d) Nepal
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) Kenya (d) school
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) October (d) girl
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Rohan (d) mango
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) day
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) ball (d) teacher
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) river (c) Ganga (d) Diwali
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) city (d) Nepal
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Japan (c) kite (d) boy
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pune (c) garden (d) Holi
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Pongal (c) Ganga (d) ball
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Friday (c) Onam (d) June
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) festival
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) city
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country

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