Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 661 · 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) teacher (b) month (c) Vivaan (d) ball
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) India (c) pencil (d) Eid
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) day
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) mango (c) boy (d) pencil
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Friday (c) Yamuna (d) Mumbai
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) train (d) Delhi
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Chennai (c) kite (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Narmada (d) pencil
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Yamuna (c) festival (d) elephant
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) book (d) Nepal
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Pune (c) pencil (d) teacher
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) teacher (c) school (d) festival
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) river
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Meera (d) ball
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) Kolkata (d) boy
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Yamuna (c) month (d) Delhi
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) Tara (d) teacher
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Nepal (c) book (d) March
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) Friday
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) ball (c) January (d) March
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Monday (c) city (d) Kolkata
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) pencil (c) month (d) mango
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) January (c) Mumbai (d) kite
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) Onam (d) festival
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) Saanvi
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Sunday (c) festival (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kenya (c) Eid (d) elephant
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Japan (c) Chennai (d) January
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Pune (c) Kolkata (d) Nepal
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) city (c) river (d) Diwali

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