Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 524 · 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) pencil (b) Omkar (c) mango (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) kite (c) Pongal (d) Sunday
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Isha (b) mango (c) teacher (d) pencil
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) India (c) Japan (d) pencil
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) Kenya (d) January
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) Kolkata (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) elephant (d) Nepal
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) country
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) Rohan (d) book
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Japan (c) Kolkata (d) girl
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Pune (c) river (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) girl (d) Zoya
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kenya (c) Narmada (d) river
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) Kenya
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Friday (c) girl (d) school
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kenya (c) garden (d) pencil
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) school (d) Jaipur
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) elephant (d) Tara
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Nepal (c) Eid (d) Yamuna
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Mumbai (c) Jaipur (d) ball
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Chennai (c) pencil (d) girl
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) teacher (d) Pongal
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Rahul (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Lucknow (c) city (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Chennai (c) Diwali (d) Delhi
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Jaipur (c) Monday (d) Diwali
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Kaveri (c) garden (d) Nepal
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) teacher (c) January (d) Holi
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) Karan (d) city

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar