Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 564 · 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: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) elephant (c) train (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Rohan (c) garden (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) mango (c) elephant (d) Mumbai
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pongal (c) March (d) book
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Pooja (c) pencil (d) teacher
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Onam (c) teacher (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) city (c) Pune (d) school
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) river (c) Chennai (d) India
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) Narmada (d) girl
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) Godavari (d) garden
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) Godavari (d) train
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Pune (c) Jaipur (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) June (c) teacher (d) train
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Kolkata (c) Sunday (d) Kaveri
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Delhi (c) girl (d) Holi
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) book (d) March
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) month (d) Aisha
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) country
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) Lucknow (d) teacher
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) boy (c) girl (d) Diya
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) March (c) Eid (d) train
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Jaipur (c) teacher (d) Narmada
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Pongal (c) Kolkata (d) school
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) Myra (d) girl
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) January (d) girl
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) book (c) mango (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Delhi (c) mango (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Eid (c) teacher (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kenya (c) garden (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Kolkata (c) Ganga (d) Japan
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country

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