Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 626 · 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: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) October (c) Friday (d) Yamuna
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) book (d) Ananya
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) elephant (c) boy (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) book (c) pencil (d) June
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) festival (c) month (d) book
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) Diwali (d) teacher
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kaveri (c) festival (d) teacher
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Ganga (c) Narmada (d) elephant
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) October (d) ball
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) city (c) Japan (d) June
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) garden (d) Nepal
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ishaan (b) school (c) month (d) mango
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) India (d) girl
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) kite (c) train (d) ball
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) river (d) Kolkata
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) October (c) Sunday (d) March
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Kenya (c) Narmada (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) Pooja (d) train
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) elephant (c) mango (d) train
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Ganga (c) teacher (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yash (b) river (c) book (d) kite
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) mango (d) Narmada
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pune (c) Lucknow (d) pencil
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Rahul (c) teacher (d) train
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Jaipur (c) book (d) Kenya
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) ball (c) Aditya (d) month

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