Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 642 · 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) Pongal (b) book (c) Kenya (d) Sunday
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) elephant (c) Monday (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Onam (c) kite (d) Delhi
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Eid (c) Narmada (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) girl (d) Kolkata
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) June (c) school (d) Mumbai
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Ganga (c) city (d) Lucknow
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Chennai (d) city
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Pongal (c) mango (d) March
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) Pune (d) book
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) Japan (d) school
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) month (c) school (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) boy (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) teacher (c) month (d) boy
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) month
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) boy
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) city (c) boy (d) train
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) pencil (d) Neel
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) book (c) month (d) train
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) elephant (d) Saanvi
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Zoya (c) school (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) month (c) Mumbai (d) June
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) train (c) Yamuna (d) Eid
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) Lucknow (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Kaveri (c) river (d) school
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) October (c) girl (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Godavari (c) teacher (d) Nepal
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) Pooja (d) girl
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) book (d) Riya
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) city (d) Narmada
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) day
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month

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