Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 592 · 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) Diwali (b) Chennai (c) train (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) Pune (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Mumbai (c) March (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) Karan (d) mango
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Diwali (c) elephant (d) Delhi
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) mango (c) month (d) boy
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) ball (c) book (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Chennai (c) kite (d) Friday
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) Monday (d) elephant
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) India (c) school (d) Godavari
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Pune (c) mango (d) Chennai
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Nepal (c) kite (d) school
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Lucknow (c) Mumbai (d) Yamuna
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Japan (c) girl (d) October
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Chennai (c) boy (d) book
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) Mumbai (d) garden
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) day
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) teacher (c) Diwali (d) Narmada
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) book (c) Narmada (d) Kaveri
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) month
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) city (c) ball (d) mango
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) Kabir (d) kite
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Arjun (c) book (d) kite
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) festival (d) Rahul
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Mumbai (c) June (d) Holi
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) garden (c) March (d) Mumbai
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) elephant (d) Kolkata
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival

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