Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 479 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) city
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) boy (d) Jaipur
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) teacher (c) city (d) garden
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) garden (c) girl (d) Sunday
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Mumbai (c) Nepal (d) Japan
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Lucknow (c) March (d) Narmada
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) train (d) Monday
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) ball (c) train (d) Nepal
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Pongal (c) girl (d) January
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) India (c) Pune (d) Japan
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Kolkata (c) Nepal (d) India
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Holi (c) Nepal (d) Kenya
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Meera
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) month
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Ishaan (c) elephant (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Karan (c) festival (d) teacher
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) Aditya (d) book
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) October (c) ball (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) school (c) Kenya (d) Ganga
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) Onam (d) book
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Kaveri (c) girl (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Nisha (d) teacher
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Chennai (d) school
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) day
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) river (c) Diwali (d) Onam
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Nepal (c) garden (d) Sunday
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Zoya (c) girl (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) book (c) Diwali (d) Kaveri
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) kite (d) Ganga
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Godavari (c) Jaipur (d) train
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Kolkata (c) girl (d) teacher
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Lucknow (c) Nepal (d) ball

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