Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 510 · 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) Eid (b) month (c) elephant (d) boy
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) June (d) teacher
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Lucknow (c) Chennai (d) school
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) month (c) Pune (d) ball
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) Chennai (d) kite
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) January (c) festival (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Nepal (c) mango (d) Pongal
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) mango (c) Arjun (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Onam (d) train
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) month (c) kite (d) elephant
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) ball (c) Narmada (d) Diwali
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) garden (d) Lucknow
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Monday (c) month (d) teacher
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Yamuna (c) Holi (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Friday (c) teacher (d) garden
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Pongal (c) Diwali (d) Chennai
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Aditya (c) girl (d) ball
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Isha (d) book
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Jaipur (c) book (d) Godavari
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) festival (c) Kolkata (d) Mumbai
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Mumbai (c) Yamuna (d) Holi
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) pencil (d) Priya
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) month (d) Pongal
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) pencil
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Friday (c) Mumbai (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) boy (c) city (d) kite
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) garden (d) Kolkata
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) kite (c) March (d) Nepal

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