Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 48 · 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) school (b) mango (c) Chennai (d) book
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Holi (c) boy (d) Yamuna
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) kite (d) Delhi
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Yamuna (c) book (d) Lucknow
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Yamuna (c) teacher (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) ball (c) Nepal (d) book
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Godavari (c) teacher (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Nepal (c) Holi (d) pencil
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) kite (d) Sunday
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) city (c) kite (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) October (c) Nepal (d) Chennai
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Sunday (c) elephant (d) Lucknow
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) kite (c) Chennai (d) Yamuna
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) garden (c) kite (d) Jaipur
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Meera (c) mango (d) boy
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) Kaveri (d) garden
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) pencil (c) girl (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) garden (c) Kolkata (d) ball
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) ball (c) kite (d) Riya
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) train (c) Eid (d) mango
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Ganga (c) Diwali (d) ball
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Kenya (c) June (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) mango (c) teacher (d) elephant
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Onam (c) Jaipur (d) train
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Aarav (c) train (d) girl
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) school (c) Sneha (d) month

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