Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 64 · 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) kite (b) teacher (c) Monday (d) girl
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) city (d) Tara
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) ball (c) river (d) mango
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Holi (c) Kaveri (d) elephant
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Mumbai (c) book (d) train
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Pongal (c) pencil (d) school
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) train (c) elephant (d) Farhan
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) Kenya
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) kite (d) Delhi
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) Riya (d) teacher
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) elephant (c) kite (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) month (c) ball (d) Lucknow
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) elephant (d) Nepal
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) garden (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Pooja (c) kite (d) mango
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Kaveri (c) train (d) mango
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) pencil (c) Sunday (d) Holi
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) month (c) June (d) Yamuna
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) Ganga
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) train (c) January (d) March
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Godavari (c) Chennai (d) boy
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) March (c) Pune (d) girl
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) kite (d) Onam
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) school (c) train (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Friday (c) school (d) Eid
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) day
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) garden (c) river (d) school
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Rohan (c) girl (d) train
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pongal (c) October (d) ball
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Eid (c) elephant (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) Friday

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