Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 675 · 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) ball (b) book (c) Lucknow (d) city
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Pune (c) mango (d) girl
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) pencil (d) Eid
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) school (c) teacher (d) book
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) pencil
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) Manav (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Myra (c) school (d) boy
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) train (c) Godavari (d) school
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Chennai (c) Pongal (d) garden
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) train (c) Onam (d) Delhi
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) festival (c) school (d) Nisha
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Ganga (d) girl
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) Holi
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Jaipur (c) Narmada (d) Japan
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Nepal (c) Pune (d) March
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) train (c) elephant (d) boy
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) Saanvi (d) kite
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Holi (c) Onam (d) elephant
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) Delhi (d) book
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) school
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pune (c) Lucknow (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) Yamuna (d) school
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) girl (d) Jaipur
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Diya (c) train (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Kolkata (c) month (d) Yamuna
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) boy (c) June (d) school
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) Yash
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) boy (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) kite (d) Pongal
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) January (d) boy

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