Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 457 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) India (d) garden
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Rahul (c) city (d) girl
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Kolkata (c) Lucknow (d) mango
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) garden (c) Nepal (d) October
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) pencil (c) Diwali (d) Godavari
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Holi (c) Delhi (d) book
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) Kavya (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) festival (c) Kaveri (d) Pune
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Eid (c) Diwali (d) Jaipur
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Mumbai (c) river (d) Japan
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) month (c) school (d) pencil
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) Aisha
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) river (d) March
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) June (c) boy (d) train
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) train (c) festival (d) elephant
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) school (c) Kolkata (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Onam (c) Chennai (d) Narmada
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Lucknow (c) girl (d) pencil
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) pencil (c) school (d) kite
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) kite (c) Sunday (d) Pune
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) Omkar (d) teacher
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) ball (c) boy (d) festival
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) country
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Pune (c) girl (d) boy
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Lucknow (c) school (d) Narmada
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kenya (c) teacher (d) Nepal
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) January (d) boy
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) garden (c) train (d) Holi
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) school (d) Friday
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Narmada (c) Ganga (d) Holi
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) city (d) Myra

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