Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 473 · 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) Narmada (b) Diwali (c) train (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Ganga (c) pencil (d) elephant
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) teacher (c) mango (d) school
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Pune (c) Yamuna (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Chennai (c) mango (d) teacher
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) Aditya (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Dev (c) city (d) kite
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Kolkata (c) Pongal (d) Monday
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) festival (c) October (d) Pune
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) Isha (d) boy
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) boy (c) Mumbai (d) Godavari
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Rohan (c) river (d) kite
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Ganga (c) Yamuna (d) teacher
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Onam (c) January (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Pooja (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Kaveri (c) Mumbai (d) Kenya
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) March (c) January (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) book
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) India (c) Jaipur (d) garden
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) elephant (d) June
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Neel (c) city (d) mango
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) Sunday (d) book
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) boy (d) Yamuna
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kolkata (c) elephant (d) October
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Monday (c) river (d) city
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) March (c) book (d) mango
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Manav (c) mango (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) ball (c) Delhi (d) Pune

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