Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 503 · 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) ball (b) book (c) Myra (d) mango
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Delhi (c) Narmada (d) teacher
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Yamuna (c) Kaveri (d) Monday
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) garden (c) Pune (d) January
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) festival (c) Yamuna (d) ball
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) Ganga (d) train
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) city (d) India
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Diwali (c) teacher (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) pencil (d) March
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) ball (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Friday (c) Japan (d) Kolkata
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Mumbai (c) book (d) kite
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Godavari (c) Kenya (d) river
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) school (c) Friday (d) garden
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) city (c) garden (d) pencil
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Pune (c) October (d) Delhi
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) river (c) kite (d) train
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) river
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nisha (b) city (c) garden (d) teacher
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) kite (c) festival (d) Kenya
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) India (d) pencil
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) Arjun (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) June (c) girl (d) Ganga
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) Yamuna
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) book (d) Sunday
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Onam (c) Lucknow (d) Kolkata

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