Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 640 · 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) river (b) girl (c) Chennai (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) month (c) Jaipur (d) Lucknow
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) garden (c) ball (d) Nepal
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Pune (c) Diwali (d) pencil
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) month
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Kolkata (c) Japan (d) Pune
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Sunday (c) teacher (d) Japan
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) city (d) Mumbai
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) ball (c) garden (d) Kolkata
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sneha (b) month (c) festival (d) teacher
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Yamuna (c) Delhi (d) book
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) Delhi (d) pencil
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Ganga (c) Eid (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Sunday (c) train (d) boy
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Nepal (c) Sunday (d) Pune
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) boy (d) Rohan
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) pencil (c) Aarav (d) ball
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) river (c) Manav (d) train
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Japan (c) city (d) festival
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) Jaipur (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Ganga (c) mango (d) teacher
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) teacher (d) India
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) pencil (c) boy (d) January
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Ira (c) book (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) festival (c) Monday (d) Holi
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Ganga (c) January (d) Godavari
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) mango (c) river (d) school
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) month (c) teacher (d) elephant
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) month

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