Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 595 · 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) river (b) March (c) Ganga (d) Sunday
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) Ganga (d) elephant
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Pune (c) city (d) boy
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) mango (c) month (d) school
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Jaipur (c) Holi (d) India
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) country
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) festival (d) Monday
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) mango (c) June (d) Jaipur
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) mango (c) train (d) elephant
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Vivaan (c) school (d) ball
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Ganga (c) Lucknow (d) garden
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kolkata (c) festival (d) school
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) train (d) January
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Saanvi (c) festival (d) teacher
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) October (c) kite (d) pencil
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) train (c) India (d) Kaveri
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) pencil (c) boy (d) Delhi
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) India (c) Pongal (d) Yamuna
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) Godavari (d) Onam
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Yamuna (c) Lucknow (d) Mumbai
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) kite (c) Pongal (d) Pune
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) river (d) Onam
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) Rahul (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Pongal (c) Jaipur (d) elephant
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) river (d) Priya
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) boy (c) Pongal (d) Kolkata
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) month (c) city (d) teacher
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city

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