Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 634 · 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) January (b) month (c) Pongal (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) Kavya (d) river
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Onam (c) Kolkata (d) mango
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) Delhi
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Monday (c) Narmada (d) October
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) festival (c) Holi (d) Japan
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) garden (c) ball (d) mango
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) Kaveri (d) school
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) kite (c) river (d) Holi
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) girl (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) elephant (c) Sunday (d) Delhi
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Aditya (c) kite (d) train
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) boy (d) October
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) Sunday (d) city
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Lucknow (c) Chennai (d) pencil
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) teacher (c) Narmada (d) Kolkata
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) India (c) January (d) Onam
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Godavari (c) Nepal (d) Chennai
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) October (c) kite (d) Godavari
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) mango (c) ball (d) kite
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Japan (c) girl (d) Onam
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Godavari (c) pencil (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Sunday (c) January (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) Nepal (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) India (c) elephant (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Arjun (c) garden (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) school (c) train (d) Friday
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Pune (c) Eid (d) ball
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) Ishaan (d) elephant

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