Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 459 · 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) Chennai (b) Japan (c) January (d) month
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) girl (c) ball (d) teacher
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) January (c) river (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) boy (c) Pongal (d) Delhi
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Eid (c) Ganga (d) January
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Kolkata (c) Kaveri (d) Jaipur
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kabir (c) river (d) festival
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) river (d) Arjun
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) Pune (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) river (d) Japan
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) school (d) Mumbai
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) river (c) October (d) Kolkata
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pongal (c) festival (d) Japan
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Jaipur (c) elephant (d) garden
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) garden (c) month (d) book
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) March
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Mumbai (c) train (d) Japan
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) book (c) girl (d) teacher
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Yamuna (c) city (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Delhi (c) pencil (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Meera (c) ball (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) elephant (d) Rohan
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) October (c) mango (d) book
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) elephant (d) Nepal
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) teacher (c) Sunday (d) Kaveri
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) day
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) country

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