Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 52 · 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: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) day
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) ball (c) boy (d) train
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Eid (c) Yamuna (d) Mumbai
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) festival (c) river (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) school (c) ball (d) Diwali
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) boy
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) month
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Aditya (c) elephant (d) mango
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) June (c) Eid (d) Kaveri
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Monday (c) teacher (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) elephant (c) Chennai (d) Nepal
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) month (c) Jaipur (d) January
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) March (c) train (d) Japan
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Kolkata (c) Japan (d) India
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) festival (c) ball (d) pencil
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) book (c) train (d) mango
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) June (c) garden (d) Friday
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) city (c) teacher (d) mango
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) Lucknow (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) river (c) Yamuna (d) Sunday
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Eid (c) elephant (d) kite
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) country
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) ball (d) Holi
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) March (c) kite (d) Eid
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) mango (d) January
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) March (c) mango (d) Eid
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) Jaipur (d) kite
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) Kaveri (d) girl
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) river
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Japan (c) pencil (d) school
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) Dev (d) city

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