Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 615 · 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) girl (b) Japan (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) festival (d) Chennai
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Holi (c) Onam (d) October
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Sunday (c) teacher (d) Kaveri
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Nepal (c) train (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) train (c) Priya (d) mango
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) Monday (d) train
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) mango (d) Pune
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Chennai (c) October (d) Kenya
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Ganga (c) January (d) Chennai
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) city (c) school (d) elephant
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) pencil (c) mango (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kaveri (c) pencil (d) ball
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) India (c) Yamuna (d) train
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) Delhi (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Friday (c) Delhi (d) elephant
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) Diwali (d) Kolkata
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Pongal (c) kite (d) Sunday
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) festival (c) garden (d) boy
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) month (c) Delhi (d) Japan
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Jaipur (c) river (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Sunday (c) Kolkata (d) Onam
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) festival
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) pencil (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) month (c) girl (d) ball
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Mumbai (c) river (d) Kaveri
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country

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