Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 650 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Chennai (c) ball (d) girl
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) India (c) kite (d) Nepal
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Sunday (c) Chennai (d) Onam
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) month (c) Kolkata (d) Friday
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Japan (d) boy
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Yamuna (c) school (d) Japan
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Delhi (c) girl (d) mango
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) girl (c) Mumbai (d) Monday
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) January (c) book (d) Chennai
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) boy (d) Mumbai
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) garden (d) Nepal
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Lucknow (c) book (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Rohan (c) book (d) kite
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) ball (c) Pongal (d) March
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) January (d) boy
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Eid (c) Pune (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Nepal (c) January (d) train
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) city
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Japan (c) India (d) boy
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) kite (c) month (d) Priya
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) teacher (d) Kenya
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Ganga (c) Kolkata (d) elephant
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) Saanvi (d) teacher
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Kolkata (c) girl (d) month
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) India (d) elephant
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Monday (c) garden (d) boy
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) school (d) October
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) garden (c) Nepal (d) Eid
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) school (d) Onam

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