Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 464 · 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) Lucknow (b) Sunday (c) Kolkata (d) month
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Eid (c) festival (d) Delhi
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) India (c) train (d) book
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) river (d) January
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Mumbai (c) river (d) Sunday
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) girl (c) train (d) kite
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) June (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) country
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) Vivaan
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Lucknow (c) March (d) Pongal
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) festival (d) Isha
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) October (c) kite (d) Holi
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) ball (d) Pongal
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Japan (c) girl (d) India
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Lucknow (c) Kolkata (d) Narmada
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) March (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Kenya (c) Lucknow (d) train
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Ganga (c) Friday (d) ball
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) book (c) Nepal (d) Narmada
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Ganga (c) India (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Onam (c) India (d) Holi
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) Kunal (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) ball (d) Aisha
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) boy
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) city (c) garden (d) Nisha

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