Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 702 · 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) school (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) girl
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Jaipur (d) garden
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Delhi (c) Japan (d) girl
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) January (c) boy (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) elephant (c) festival (d) river
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Eid (c) Sunday (d) January
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Tara (c) river (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) river (d) Narmada
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) kite (d) Onam
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) elephant (c) Onam (d) kite
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Rohan (c) train (d) garden
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) boy
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) Japan (d) book
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Pongal (c) Delhi (d) Nepal
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Yamuna (c) boy (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) India (c) book (d) mango
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) Kaveri (d) book
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) ball (c) girl (d) Monday
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) book (d) Jaipur
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Ganga (c) boy (d) city
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) country
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) book (d) June
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) Pooja (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) book (d) Rahul
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) ball (d) Holi
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) city (d) Neel
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Lucknow (c) book (d) garden
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Lucknow (c) October (d) pencil
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) kite (d) Ananya
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Onam (c) Ganga (d) mango
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) month
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Ganga (c) Narmada (d) Diwali

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