Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 706 · 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: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) month
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) school (d) January
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Aditya (d) mango
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Holi (c) teacher (d) January
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Aisha (c) train (d) pencil
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Sunday (c) Mumbai (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Holi (c) Delhi (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kaveri (c) ball (d) June
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Pune (d) ball
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) book (c) Kaveri (d) Japan
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) October (c) Kenya (d) Diwali
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) month (d) Monday
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) January (c) Delhi (d) city
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) school (c) month (d) kite
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Kaveri (c) boy (d) train
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Diwali (c) India (d) Narmada
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Narmada (c) mango (d) pencil
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Vivaan (c) month (d) city
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kaveri (c) March (d) Holi
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) book (d) Pongal
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Delhi (c) Nepal (d) pencil
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) ball (c) boy (d) Kunal
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Kaveri (c) train (d) March
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) Kolkata (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) book (c) Isha (d) boy
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) Sneha (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) October (c) Mumbai (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) river (c) book (d) teacher

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