Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 570 · 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 common noun? (a) Pongal (b) October (c) Onam (d) mango
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) March (c) girl (d) Delhi
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Eid (c) Chennai (d) ball
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) Jaipur (d) boy
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Eid (c) school (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Kenya (c) festival (d) Pongal
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) city (c) Delhi (d) Pongal
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) girl (d) Pune
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) school
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yash (b) teacher (c) mango (d) boy
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) Sunday (d) river
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) March (c) Monday (d) teacher
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kaveri (c) Onam (d) month
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kolkata (c) elephant (d) Narmada
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) river (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) train (c) Friday (d) January
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) girl (d) Kolkata
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Manav (c) garden (d) school
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Jaipur (c) Kolkata (d) kite
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Pongal (c) month (d) school
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) Delhi (d) girl
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) Vivaan (d) boy
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) school (d) Japan
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Arjun (d) elephant
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) January (b) pencil (c) school (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country

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