Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 549 · 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: June is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Farhan (b) pencil (c) city (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) ball (c) Holi (d) Sunday
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) country
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) mango (c) train (d) Isha
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Pune (c) Japan (d) Lucknow
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) ball (d) Ishaan
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Myra (d) school
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) ball (d) Arjun
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) train (c) ball (d) Saanvi
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) Godavari (d) kite
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) train (c) garden (d) elephant
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Jaipur (c) Holi (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) river (c) Ganga (d) Chennai
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) Ganga (d) train
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) river (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) mango (c) Chennai (d) Diwali
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Japan (c) Friday (d) boy
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Sunday (c) elephant (d) Kenya
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) elephant (c) mango (d) teacher
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) Nepal (d) elephant
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) garden
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) train (c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Narmada (c) river (d) girl
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) girl (c) book (d) teacher
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Diwali (c) girl (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) school (c) Japan (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) city (d) Nisha
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Chennai (c) month (d) festival
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) garden (d) Monday
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) kite

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