Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 544 · 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) kite (b) river (c) pencil (d) Holi
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Kaveri (c) October (d) mango
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Rohan (c) boy (d) girl
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) girl (d) October
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) Narmada (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) city (c) kite (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Japan (c) boy (d) Pongal
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Ganga (c) garden (d) ball
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Diwali (c) Kolkata (d) book
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Diwali (c) train (d) kite
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) festival (c) teacher (d) Yash
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai (c) Japan (d) girl
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) school (d) January
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) school (d) Delhi
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) Holi (d) Narmada
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Yamuna (c) festival (d) book
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Kolkata (c) October (d) school
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kavya (c) river (d) elephant
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) mango (c) city (d) Saanvi
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) school (c) pencil (d) girl
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Kenya (c) January (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Sunday (c) Delhi (d) garden
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Jaipur (d) school
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) river (d) March
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) pencil (c) Kolkata (d) Sunday
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Nepal (c) Friday (d) teacher
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Lucknow (c) Kolkata (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) Godavari (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) Eid (d) pencil
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) elephant (d) Vivaan
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) river (c) Kaveri (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nisha (b) boy (c) kite (d) teacher

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