Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 687 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) country
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) Kaveri (d) school
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) book (d) Pongal
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) garden (c) Kolkata (d) Holi
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Japan (c) Eid (d) pencil
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Mumbai (c) boy (d) mango
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pongal (c) Ganga (d) teacher
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Pune (c) Lucknow (d) school
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Riya (c) teacher (d) girl
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) ball (d) Chennai
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Narmada (c) October (d) March
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) garden (c) Aisha (d) school
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) boy (c) river (d) month
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) June (c) March (d) book
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) Pune (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Yamuna (c) January (d) Ganga
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) city (c) book (d) kite
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) January (c) Jaipur (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) pencil (d) Kolkata
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) elephant (c) city (d) ball
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) June (c) festival (d) Holi
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) ball (c) river (d) Monday
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) month (d) June
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) Diwali (d) mango
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) Kaveri
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) girl (d) Meera
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) January (c) mango (d) ball
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) city (d) Japan
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) January (c) Jaipur (d) Monday
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) ball (c) book (d) city
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) girl (c) Kolkata (d) Pongal
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) Yash (d) mango
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) India (c) boy (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Godavari (c) garden (d) girl

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