Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 534 · 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) train (b) Kolkata (c) boy (d) girl
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) book (c) Kolkata (d) Pune
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Ira (c) river (d) ball
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Riya
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Lucknow (c) Monday (d) June
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) book (c) teacher (d) October
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Nepal (c) Yamuna (d) Pune
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Nepal (c) pencil (d) Japan
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) month (c) Narmada (d) school
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) kite (c) Monday (d) Kolkata
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) book (c) train (d) Delhi
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) river (d) Sunday
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Jaipur (c) elephant (d) train
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Sunday (c) Holi (d) ball
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) book (d) Nepal
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Zoya (c) ball (d) garden
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Priya (c) pencil (d) elephant
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Lucknow (c) elephant (d) Nepal
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) river (d) Sneha
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) garden
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) Rahul (d) book
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) month (c) Pongal (d) Sunday
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) Onam (d) mango
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) June (c) Ganga (d) Pongal
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) Aarav (d) kite
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) ball (c) Friday (d) teacher
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Pune (c) elephant (d) kite
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) boy (c) Chennai (d) Ganga
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Meera (c) mango (d) ball
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) kite (d) school

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