Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 556 · 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: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Narmada (c) city (d) June
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Diwali (c) month (d) train
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) school (c) river (d) elephant
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) Narmada
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) garden (d) March
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Ganga (c) train (d) school
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) month (c) boy (d) mango
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Chennai (c) March (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) March (c) school (d) Diwali
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Chennai (c) India (d) train
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) mango (d) Monday
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) kite (d) Karan
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) October (c) pencil (d) March
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Lucknow (c) mango (d) Onam
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) January (c) Mumbai (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Friday (c) mango (d) teacher
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Sunday (c) ball (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) city
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Holi (c) Mumbai (d) Kenya
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Neel (c) festival (d) teacher
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) boy (c) Monday (d) Onam
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) book (c) Nisha (d) teacher
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) elephant (c) Ganga (d) Onam
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) train (c) Kolkata (d) festival
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Ira (c) school (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) Yamuna
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) Holi (d) train
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) elephant (d) Pongal

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