Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 583 · 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) Narmada (b) Pongal (c) Ganga (d) girl
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) India (c) ball (d) March
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Lucknow (c) mango (d) Yamuna
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) train (d) Neel
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) Rahul (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) school (c) garden (d) Eid
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) school (c) Monday (d) Japan
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) Kaveri (d) girl
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) boy (c) Nepal (d) Narmada
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) river (c) train (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) January (c) train (d) ball
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kolkata (c) festival (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) India (c) train (d) Delhi
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) mango (d) Narmada
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) train (d) India
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Holi (c) Kolkata (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) ball (d) Yash
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) garden (c) March (d) Ganga
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Pune (c) kite (d) Monday
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) mango (c) festival (d) book
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) train (d) Pune
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) month (c) Lucknow (d) Kenya
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) garden (d) Lucknow
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Omkar (c) month (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Delhi (c) Kaveri (d) teacher
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) festival (c) pencil (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country

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