Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 616 · 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) month (b) Kolkata (c) Kenya (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ira (b) garden (c) kite (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Diwali (c) city (d) kite
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) mango (c) India (d) Japan
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Monday (c) ball (d) Friday
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) teacher (c) Delhi (d) garden
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Pune (c) teacher (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Lucknow (c) Japan (d) March
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) book (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) India (c) festival (d) October
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) boy (c) ball (d) girl
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Eid (c) girl (d) Kenya
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Delhi (c) boy (d) Kenya
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) train (c) Eid (d) Onam
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) Sunday
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Vivaan (c) garden (d) kite
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) Monday (d) garden
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) January (d) elephant
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) elephant (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Monday (c) kite (d) October
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) city (d) Kenya
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) month (d) Kunal
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) India (d) garden
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Neel (c) kite (d) teacher
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) boy (c) March (d) pencil
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) festival (d) Holi
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) Lucknow (d) river

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