Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 453 · 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) Yamuna (b) Kolkata (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Holi (c) elephant (d) Diwali
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) garden (c) river (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Japan (c) October (d) river
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Lucknow (c) river (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) pencil (c) month (d) Farhan
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Delhi (c) Narmada (d) Ganga
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Omkar (d) kite
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Nepal (c) Onam (d) Delhi
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Friday (c) kite (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) festival (c) teacher (d) school
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Yamuna (c) Godavari (d) Kolkata
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) Mumbai (d) boy
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) Kabir (d) pencil
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) city (c) March (d) Sunday
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Jaipur (c) girl (d) school
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) Nepal (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) ball (c) school (d) Narmada
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) festival (d) Aarav
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) Eid (d) mango
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) Holi (d) March
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Yamuna (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Diwali (c) Delhi (d) Godavari
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) book (c) pencil (d) Sunday
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Godavari (c) teacher (d) ball
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) boy (d) Sneha
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) month (d) Pune
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Diwali
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Delhi

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