Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 460 · 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) Pongal (b) Yamuna (c) month (d) India
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) March (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) pencil (d) June
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) garden (c) elephant (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) ball (d) Ananya
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Pune (c) school (d) boy
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Pune (c) Delhi (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Kenya (c) elephant (d) Pongal
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) mango (c) Holi (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Pune (c) January (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) festival (c) pencil (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) girl (d) Monday
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Holi (c) pencil (d) Mumbai
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) train (c) Kaveri (d) Kolkata
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) ball (c) train (d) Friday
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) mango (d) Kaveri
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Monday (c) school (d) Kaveri
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) festival (d) Eid
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Kenya (c) Onam (d) Narmada
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) river (c) girl (d) Diwali
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) Myra (d) train
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Narmada (c) pencil (d) book
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Chennai (c) garden (d) Narmada
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Ganga (c) girl (d) Monday
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Godavari (c) pencil (d) boy
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Friday (c) boy (d) Jaipur
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) Japan (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) kite (d) Farhan
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) elephant (c) Ishaan (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) ball (c) Delhi (d) June
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Friday (c) June (d) book
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Kolkata (c) garden (d) school

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