Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 490 · 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) mango (b) festival (c) girl (d) Yash
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) India (c) Delhi (d) ball
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) book (c) mango (d) Lucknow
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) train (d) Pongal
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) pencil (d) Eid
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) ball (c) boy (d) month
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Yamuna
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Delhi (c) Friday (d) Pune
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Eid (c) Chennai (d) garden
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Farhan (c) garden (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Ganga (c) month (d) Kolkata
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) kite (d) Saanvi
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) mango (d) Ishaan
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) Japan (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) city (c) Narmada (d) Friday
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Mumbai (c) Pune (d) teacher
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) city (d) Ira
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) kite (c) book (d) garden
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kolkata (c) January (d) train
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Japan (c) March (d) Friday
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Chennai (c) Nepal (d) mango
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Pune (c) elephant (d) boy
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Pune (c) Friday (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Narmada (c) ball (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) girl
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) train (c) Priya (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Manav (c) mango (d) garden
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) Neel (d) elephant

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