Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 601 · 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) Pongal (b) India (c) Onam (d) month
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) pencil (c) river (d) Pune
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) Sunday (d) elephant
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) Vivaan (d) girl
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) garden
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) teacher (c) Kenya (d) Diwali
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Japan (c) Kenya (d) Kaveri
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) boy (c) garden (d) June
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) elephant (c) Delhi (d) Holi
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Pune (c) Monday (d) Godavari
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Monday (c) month (d) school
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) Diwali (d) mango
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) train (c) Eid (d) elephant
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) October (c) mango (d) Onam
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) book (c) Monday (d) Mumbai
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) ball (c) month (d) Mumbai
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) Godavari (d) kite
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) school (c) girl (d) Onam
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Ganga (c) Pongal (d) kite
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Kavya (c) girl (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) January (c) school (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Aarav (c) ball (d) month
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Delhi (c) March (d) Monday
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) river (c) Kolkata (d) Nepal
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) river (c) mango (d) Chennai

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