Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 579 · 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) garden (b) mango (c) Jaipur (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Ganga (c) ball (d) pencil
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Onam (c) train (d) October
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) mango (c) Ganga (d) Mumbai
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) day
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Sunday (c) Pongal (d) girl
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Pongal (c) river (d) India
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) school (c) festival (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) month (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) school (c) teacher (d) Diwali
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Lucknow (d) boy
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) river (c) kite (d) festival
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Onam (c) month (d) Pongal
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Sunday (c) garden (d) mango
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) school (c) river (d) Pongal
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Mumbai (c) Narmada (d) teacher
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) mango (c) girl (d) Onam
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) month (d) Neel
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Japan (c) river (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) January (c) kite (d) boy
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) kite (c) month (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) March (c) Lucknow (d) Pune
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Narmada (c) kite (d) Delhi
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Pongal (c) Yamuna (d) garden
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Kolkata (c) ball (d) Japan
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Tara (b) boy (c) city (d) train
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) Rohan (d) teacher
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) river (c) ball (d) kite
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) pencil (d) Pongal
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) teacher (c) boy (d) ball

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