Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 53 · 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 common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) October (c) Eid (d) garden
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) month (d) Kavya
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Friday (c) January (d) Nepal
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Rahul (c) school (d) garden
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) Delhi (d) girl
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) ball (c) pencil (d) Sunday
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Nepal (c) pencil (d) Japan
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) city (c) month (d) kite
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) city (c) Eid (d) Lucknow
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) boy (c) festival (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Godavari (d) mango
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) teacher (d) Aditya
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) kite (c) city (d) Ira
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) boy (c) garden (d) book
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Lucknow (c) month (d) March
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Godavari (c) October (d) Japan
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) elephant (c) Jaipur (d) Kenya
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) Holi
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Yamuna (c) Pongal (d) Delhi
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) Nepal
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Yamuna (c) Delhi (d) Kolkata
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) Zoya (d) school
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) river
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) Diwali (d) school
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) river (c) school (d) Ganga
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Neel (c) book (d) school
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) Ishaan (d) train
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month

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