Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 590 · 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) girl (c) March (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Kolkata (c) Lucknow (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) garden (c) city (d) book
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) train (c) Jaipur (d) garden
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) garden (c) Narmada (d) October
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Narmada (c) festival (d) kite
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Friday (c) Jaipur (d) Godavari
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Kolkata (c) Pongal (d) June
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) Saanvi (d) school
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Sunday (c) Holi (d) pencil
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Jaipur (c) Sunday (d) school
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) city (c) October (d) Pongal
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) teacher (c) India (d) Mumbai
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Kaveri (c) school (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Holi (c) boy (d) Diwali
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) Yamuna (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) mango (d) October
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Manav (c) ball (d) boy
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) October (c) Jaipur (d) Nepal
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) river (c) teacher (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) train (c) Jaipur (d) Kenya
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Japan (c) Monday (d) elephant
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) school (c) garden (d) month
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) garden (c) ball (d) train
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Friday (c) garden (d) month

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