Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 46 · 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) garden (b) teacher (c) month (d) Aisha
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) girl (d) Pongal
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) kite (c) Monday (d) mango
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) month (c) Delhi (d) Lucknow
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Jaipur (c) Onam (d) Holi
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) Isha (d) city
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Priya (d) month
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Kolkata (c) Pune (d) Kaveri
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Ganga (c) Kenya (d) Monday
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Godavari (c) Mumbai (d) Nepal
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Holi (c) city (d) boy
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Vivaan (c) festival (d) train
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) school (c) month (d) India
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) October (c) pencil (d) January
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) Lucknow (d) elephant
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Kenya (c) girl (d) garden
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) March (c) Kolkata (d) teacher
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pooja (b) school (c) book (d) garden
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) October (d) Nepal
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) elephant (c) Holi (d) Friday
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Delhi (c) Nepal (d) Ganga
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) river (c) teacher (d) girl
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) book (d) Japan
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Pune (c) festival (d) Jaipur
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) country
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) city (d) Godavari
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Delhi (c) Pune (d) book
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) boy (d) Eid
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) teacher
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) garden (d) Aditya
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Riya (b) school (c) teacher (d) mango
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city

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