Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 632 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) kite (d) Tara
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) festival (c) Narmada (d) Mumbai
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) school (c) boy (d) elephant
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) country
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) October (c) month (d) Japan
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Holi (c) Yamuna (d) Kolkata
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Onam (c) Lucknow (d) Narmada
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Holi (c) Kaveri (d) elephant
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Eid (c) girl (d) ball
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) June (c) mango (d) school
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Monday (c) book (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) Jaipur (d) river
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kolkata (c) train (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Lucknow (c) mango (d) book
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Jaipur (c) June (d) boy
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) January (c) Kenya (d) Godavari
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) boy (d) Dev
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) school (c) Godavari (d) Diwali
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) mango (d) India
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) city (c) boy (d) teacher
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Chennai (c) Narmada (d) Lucknow
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Godavari (c) Delhi (d) Chennai
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) teacher
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) city (c) Yamuna (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) garden (c) Yamuna (d) Diwali
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) city (c) Sunday (d) Kaveri
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) pencil (c) Sneha (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Holi (c) teacher (d) pencil
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country

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