Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 68 · 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 common noun? (a) girl (b) Japan (c) Chennai (d) India
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Ganga (d) pencil
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) book (c) Holi (d) June
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) river (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) pencil (c) book (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Kaveri (c) Diwali (d) boy
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kaveri (c) city (d) month
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) pencil (c) train (d) kite
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) Japan (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Diwali (c) ball (d) train
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) river (d) Kavya
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) elephant (c) Farhan (d) girl
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) river (d) Pune
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) boy (d) India
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) elephant (c) Godavari (d) boy
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) kite (c) river (d) boy
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Eid (c) city (d) Friday
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) Ganga (d) teacher
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) book (d) Holi
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) kite (c) boy (d) book
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Monday (c) elephant (d) festival
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Mumbai (c) river (d) kite
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) festival (c) city (d) garden
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Pooja (c) school (d) train
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Pongal (c) Mumbai (d) Delhi
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) Pongal (d) ball
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) pencil (d) Delhi
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Arjun (c) school (d) book
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Diwali (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) school (d) Narmada
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) girl (d) Nepal

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