Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 501 · 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: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) festival
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) pencil (d) January
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kolkata (c) kite (d) January
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) Pongal (d) pencil
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) school (c) kite (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) Kolkata (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) school (c) Kenya (d) Pongal
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) city (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) garden (c) Japan (d) Jaipur
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Eid (c) pencil (d) elephant
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Lucknow (c) month (d) Jaipur
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) elephant (d) India
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) train (c) school (d) teacher
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Ganga (c) train (d) teacher
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Kenya (c) Pongal (d) river
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) ball (c) Zoya (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) October (c) train (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Delhi (c) boy (d) Onam
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) elephant (c) Kolkata (d) India
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Chennai (c) Holi (d) teacher
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) mango (c) city (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Diwali (c) month (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) river (c) kite (d) boy
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Tara (c) kite (d) mango
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Pune (c) school (d) book
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) ball (c) train (d) boy
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) month

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