Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 505 · 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) Jaipur (c) elephant (d) teacher
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) girl (c) elephant (d) book
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) pencil (d) Monday
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) kite (d) Pune
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) Godavari (d) pencil
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) girl (d) Tara
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) month (c) kite (d) garden
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Nepal (c) boy (d) Ganga
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) book (c) Eid (d) Narmada
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Narmada (c) festival (d) Godavari
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Lucknow (c) kite (d) Delhi
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) January (c) train (d) school
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) book (c) kite (d) school
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Eid (c) river (d) Kaveri
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) book (d) Delhi
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) elephant (d) Onam
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) school (c) Pongal (d) Eid
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Nepal (c) Monday (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Onam (c) garden (d) Mumbai
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) country
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) October (c) festival (d) kite
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) elephant (c) train (d) book
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) book (c) elephant (d) pencil
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Holi (c) boy (d) girl
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Lucknow (c) train (d) Japan
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Delhi (c) ball (d) Lucknow
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country

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