Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 59 · 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) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) Ganga
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Jaipur (c) Monday (d) India
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) March (c) pencil (d) June
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Eid (c) teacher (d) India
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Japan (c) girl (d) teacher
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) June (c) garden (d) Kaveri
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) elephant (d) Vivaan
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Narmada (c) school (d) India
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) October (c) India (d) Pune
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Diya (c) boy (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Nepal (c) Jaipur (d) Kolkata
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Sneha (c) river (d) book
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) festival (c) Friday (d) Mumbai
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) city (c) Rohan (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) train (c) Jaipur (d) Japan
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) garden (d) Pongal
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) book (c) March (d) Friday
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Pongal (c) city (d) Yamuna
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) girl (c) month (d) kite
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) June (c) festival (d) mango
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) Narmada (d) girl
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) boy (d) Dev
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) river (c) ball (d) school
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) Nepal (d) teacher
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) kite (c) book (d) Chennai
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) Yamuna (d) kite

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