Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 619 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Mumbai (c) Ganga (d) elephant
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Pune (c) pencil (d) boy
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) month
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) Ananya (d) pencil
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) Mumbai (d) kite
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Chennai (c) Nepal (d) Pune
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Kolkata (c) January (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Ganga (c) Lucknow (d) Japan
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) mango (c) river (d) teacher
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) Chennai
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) teacher (d) Chennai
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) mango (c) girl (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Pongal (d) ball
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) boy (d) Omkar
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) teacher (c) Pune (d) Kolkata
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) river
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Lucknow (d) garden
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sneha (b) ball (c) pencil (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Ganga (d) ball
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Nepal (c) garden (d) Lucknow
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) festival (d) March
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Karan (c) garden (d) school
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) Aditya (d) elephant
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) March (c) Onam (d) Chennai
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) festival (c) Monday (d) Jaipur
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) kite (c) Arjun (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Jaipur (d) mango
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) river (c) girl (d) Diwali
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) book (c) ball (d) Friday
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) school (c) teacher (d) Kabir
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) October (c) pencil (d) Kaveri

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