Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 665 · 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) kite (b) ball (c) book (d) Meera
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Narmada (c) mango (d) Monday
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Holi (c) garden (d) train
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Pune (c) Chennai (d) elephant
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) Japan (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Delhi (c) Kaveri (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) Chennai (d) Monday
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Kavya (c) train (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) India (c) train (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) garden (d) Lucknow
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) Priya (d) school
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Onam (c) pencil (d) Pune
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) Diwali (d) garden
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Friday (c) January (d) Holi
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) March (c) girl (d) Kaveri
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) train (c) elephant (d) book
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kolkata (c) month (d) pencil
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) train
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) March (d) book
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) mango (c) Kabir (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) garden (c) ball (d) Chennai
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Pune (c) elephant (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Onam (c) boy (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) Kenya (d) girl
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) train (d) Friday
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Kolkata (c) Diwali (d) Eid
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Dev (b) boy (c) ball (d) month

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