Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 49 · 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) month (b) river (c) boy (d) Kenya
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) train (c) Kaveri (d) Mumbai
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) India (c) Nepal (d) ball
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) India (c) October (d) Holi
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) Lucknow (d) teacher
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) Pune (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) Tara (d) garden
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) book (d) Sunday
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) school (c) river (d) Mumbai
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) Kunal (d) mango
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Mumbai (c) Ganga (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) Pongal (d) kite
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kaveri (c) boy (d) Kenya
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Nepal (c) girl (d) Pune
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) book (c) kite (d) Kolkata
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Friday (c) pencil (d) ball
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Onam (c) Pongal (d) Holi
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Kenya (c) Nepal (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Monday (c) March (d) Kolkata
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) pencil (d) Nepal
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) river (c) pencil (d) month
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) Myra (d) ball
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) day
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) school (d) Vivaan
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) Ira (d) garden
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) January (c) kite (d) Sunday
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) country
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month

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