Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 653 · 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) city (b) teacher (c) train (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) school (d) Omkar
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) boy (c) Ganga (d) March
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) India (c) Friday (d) book
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) Eid (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Sunday (c) festival (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) river (c) Holi (d) June
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) kite (c) mango (d) January
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) January (c) school (d) Diwali
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kaveri (c) Yamuna (d) teacher
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) June (d) river
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) school (d) train
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Monday (c) Mumbai (d) October
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) boy (c) mango (d) Karan
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) Narmada (d) school
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Kaveri (c) Delhi (d) garden
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Chennai (c) ball (d) Monday
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) mango (c) Eid (d) Monday
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yash (b) girl (c) river (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Aisha (c) city (d) train
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) festival (d) Chennai
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Neel (c) elephant (d) school
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Eid (c) pencil (d) ball
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) festival (c) book (d) Yamuna
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Riya (c) ball (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) India (c) pencil (d) January
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) train (d) Meera
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) month (c) Jaipur (d) Ganga
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) elephant (c) boy (d) Ganga
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Japan (c) Pune (d) October
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Friday (c) river (d) school

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