Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 456 · 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) school (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) Diwali
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Diwali (c) mango (d) Chennai
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Japan (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Narmada (c) Eid (d) boy
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) Delhi
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Sunday (c) kite (d) mango
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) month (d) Monday
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Godavari (c) school (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) month (c) Eid (d) January
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) elephant (c) Kaveri (d) Ganga
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) India (c) Kenya (d) train
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) Chennai (d) kite
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Diwali (c) festival (d) Sunday
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) school (d) Holi
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) India (d) Yamuna
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) river (c) school (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Diwali (c) river (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Lucknow (c) Eid (d) girl
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) mango (c) elephant (d) Kaveri
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) river (d) Kabir
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Vivaan (c) garden (d) girl
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Pune (c) garden (d) train
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) June (d) kite
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) river (d) Lucknow
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) ball (c) Jaipur (d) garden
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sneha (b) festival (c) pencil (d) ball
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) school (c) elephant (d) kite
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) teacher (c) Eid (d) Lucknow
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Delhi (c) Monday (d) Kaveri
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) kite (d) Eid

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