Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 609 · 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) city (b) Monday (c) Kaveri (d) Eid
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) June (d) kite
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Sunday (c) train (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Mumbai (c) Pongal (d) Sunday
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Friday (c) March (d) Diwali
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Lucknow (c) month (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Friday (c) school (d) Kaveri
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) teacher (c) Chennai (d) March
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) Kaveri (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Holi (c) Pune (d) Lucknow
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Holi (c) book (d) Narmada
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Kolkata (c) Kenya (d) Jaipur
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) Kenya (d) Friday
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Pune (c) Ganga (d) garden
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) Kenya (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) Ira (d) ball
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) elephant (c) kite (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Jaipur (c) pencil (d) mango
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) October
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) month (d) Meera
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) Japan (d) kite
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Yash
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) book (d) Kolkata
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Kenya (c) boy (d) Jaipur
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) Eid (d) train
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) pencil (d) Aarav
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Pune (c) garden (d) girl
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) India (d) mango
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Godavari (c) river (d) teacher

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