Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 711 · 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) Neel (b) train (c) month (d) kite
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Ishaan (d) boy
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) India (c) festival (d) Ganga
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Aarav (c) city (d) mango
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Godavari (d) book
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) June (c) Chennai (d) Lucknow
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Lucknow (c) Godavari (d) Kolkata
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Narmada (c) city (d) kite
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) Kenya (d) Chennai
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) ball (d) Ganga
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) kite (d) Pune
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Eid (c) Pune (d) Friday
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Kolkata (c) June (d) Kenya
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) elephant (d) Arjun
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) June (c) elephant (d) pencil
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) Kolkata (d) mango
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) city (d) Onam
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) book (d) Holi
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Nepal (c) month (d) school
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Godavari (c) Pongal (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) month (d) Kaveri
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Narmada (c) mango (d) India
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) school (c) Pongal (d) teacher
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Lucknow (c) Yamuna (d) garden
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) elephant (c) Monday (d) Friday
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Kabir (c) school (d) pencil
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival

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