Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 703 · 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) garden (b) June (c) pencil (d) elephant
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Lucknow (c) Japan (d) January
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Delhi (c) school (d) Onam
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Diwali (c) Delhi (d) boy
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) October (c) June (d) kite
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) October (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) train (d) Zoya
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Godavari (c) Chennai (d) Friday
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) Aarav
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Chennai (c) Pune (d) pencil
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Pune (c) Godavari (d) month
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) mango (c) city (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) girl (c) school (d) Ishaan
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) month (c) mango (d) March
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Yamuna (c) elephant (d) Pune
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Monday (c) train (d) Kaveri
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) teacher
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Holi (c) Sunday (d) Jaipur
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) girl (c) Jaipur (d) Ganga
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Narmada (c) Kenya (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Eid (c) festival (d) Mumbai
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Friday (c) train (d) boy
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Mumbai (c) book (d) pencil
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Monday (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) garden (c) girl (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) ball (d) Monday
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) river (d) Holi

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