Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 648 · 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) girl (b) Rahul (c) kite (d) school
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) festival (d) Manav
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) train (c) teacher (d) Delhi
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Kaveri (c) Delhi (d) Chennai
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Friday (c) festival (d) Narmada
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) city (c) Jaipur (d) Pongal
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Yamuna (c) elephant (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Kolkata (c) Diwali (d) Kaveri
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) school (c) Pune (d) Holi
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Pongal (c) ball (d) festival
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) kite (d) Dev
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) city (d) Vivaan
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Onam (c) Kolkata (d) Ganga
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) mango (c) Friday (d) Ganga
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Lucknow (c) girl (d) Nepal
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) festival (c) pencil (d) boy
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) garden (c) city (d) girl
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) garden (c) Sunday (d) Kolkata
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Kolkata (c) Eid (d) Diwali
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Kenya (d) ball
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) Neel (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) city (c) book (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) river (d) Chennai
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) October (c) train (d) school
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Holi (c) Japan (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Kolkata (c) Lucknow (d) March
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) Ananya
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) school (d) Zoya

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