Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 713 · 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 common noun? (a) festival (b) Narmada (c) Chennai (d) Eid
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Diwali (c) teacher (d) India
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) river (d) Holi
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) festival (d) Isha
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Holi (c) Sunday (d) Pune
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Holi (c) January (d) garden
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Sunday (c) Pongal (d) elephant
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) school (d) Kenya
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) school
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Yamuna (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Rohan (c) garden (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) train (c) school (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Farhan (c) girl (d) kite
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) train (c) river (d) teacher
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) city (c) Delhi (d) Kaveri
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Onam (c) train (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Delhi (c) Kolkata (d) river
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) day
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Chennai (c) girl (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) Kabir (d) pencil
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Pongal (c) girl (d) Delhi
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) country
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) Myra (d) garden
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) school (c) month (d) Omkar
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) mango (c) Pune (d) Ganga
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) teacher (d) mango
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) festival

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