Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 614 · 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) ball (b) January (c) Godavari (d) India
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Yamuna (c) October (d) January
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Diwali (c) January (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) pencil (c) boy (d) Priya
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Japan (c) school (d) Pongal
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Tara (c) boy (d) train
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) kite (c) Chennai (d) boy
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) Karan (d) boy
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) book (c) kite (d) school
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) girl (d) Kenya
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) country
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Diwali (c) Japan (d) garden
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) March (c) river (d) Yamuna
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) March (d) kite
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Eid (c) teacher (d) garden
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) train (c) month (d) garden
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) Friday
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) girl (c) Chennai (d) Nepal
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Onam (c) Delhi (d) elephant
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) day
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kaveri (c) Chennai (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) book (c) Ishaan (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Ganga (c) garden (d) boy
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kaveri (c) girl (d) ball
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) Sunday (d) teacher
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) January (c) mango (d) school
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Narmada (c) Lucknow (d) March
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Yamuna (c) elephant (d) book

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