Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 455 · 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) India (b) Monday (c) Eid (d) train
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) festival
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) day
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Pongal (c) Kolkata (d) book
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) month (c) book (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Onam (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) city (d) Ganga
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Chennai (c) Pune (d) girl
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Pongal (c) Narmada (d) Kaveri
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) Japan (d) elephant
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Onam (c) Jaipur (d) Kolkata
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) festival (d) Dev
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) boy (c) Narmada (d) Diwali
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) river (d) Neel
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kaveri (c) Monday (d) elephant
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) ball (c) book (d) Meera
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Japan (c) India (d) mango
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) train (c) kite (d) elephant
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) Godavari
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Sunday (c) festival (d) mango
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Ganga (c) Pongal (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kolkata (c) Ganga (d) kite
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Eid (c) pencil (d) train
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) river (c) city (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Mumbai (c) Diwali (d) garden
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) city (d) Nisha
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) Manav (d) school

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