Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 628 · 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: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) river (d) Jaipur
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) book (c) Onam (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) garden (c) elephant (d) festival
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) festival
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) train (c) Godavari (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) October (c) kite (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) train (c) teacher (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) Rahul (d) train
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) boy (c) Lucknow (d) Kolkata
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) river (c) Friday (d) Pongal
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) ball (d) Kaveri
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Friday (c) Ganga (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) festival (c) Mumbai (d) October
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Pongal (c) Chennai (d) elephant
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Chennai (c) Kenya (d) Onam
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) garden (d) Nepal
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) day
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) pencil (c) Jaipur (d) Japan
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Yamuna (d) school
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) boy (d) Neel
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Lucknow (c) teacher (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) city (c) train (d) girl
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) January (c) book (d) Narmada
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) Rohan (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Diya (c) river (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Holi (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Delhi (d) pencil
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) boy (d) Japan
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Kaveri (c) Chennai (d) kite
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Ganga (c) teacher (d) elephant
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river

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