Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 692 · 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) boy (b) month (c) ball (d) Pune
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Lucknow (c) Chennai (d) kite
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Japan (c) boy (d) Yamuna
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) festival (c) Pune (d) Delhi
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) festival (d) Zoya
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aisha (b) boy (c) school (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Yash (d) teacher
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Monday (c) mango (d) Kolkata
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Sunday (c) city (d) Monday
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) pencil (c) boy (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Kavya (c) river (d) festival
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Neel (c) mango (d) train
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) kite (d) Priya
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Holi (c) Pune (d) teacher
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) kite (c) garden (d) school
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) Mumbai (d) kite
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) elephant (d) March
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) school
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) festival (c) kite (d) garden
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) mango (d) Arjun
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) mango (c) Isha (d) garden
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) January (c) Yamuna (d) book
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Onam (c) elephant (d) kite
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) train (c) Kolkata (d) Kenya
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Kaveri (c) October (d) school
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) Chennai (d) teacher
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) mango (d) Delhi
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) boy (d) Eid
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Nepal (c) Chennai (d) Kaveri
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Sneha (c) river (d) garden

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