Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 717 · 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) train (b) boy (c) month (d) Pongal
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) kite (c) Myra (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) October (c) girl (d) Ganga
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) month (c) pencil (d) ball
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Aisha (c) festival (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Diwali (c) kite (d) Japan
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) India (c) Friday (d) March
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Nepal (c) ball (d) month
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Delhi (c) Holi (d) city
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Pongal (c) Godavari (d) school
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) school (c) boy (d) June
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Delhi (c) river (d) Yamuna
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) January (b) girl (c) kite (d) boy
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Isha (c) ball (d) school
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) March (c) Nepal (d) mango
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) school (c) Mumbai (d) train
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Omkar (c) book (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Pongal (c) Lucknow (d) train
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) garden (d) Yamuna
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) country
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) day
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Delhi (c) boy (d) book
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) city (c) pencil (d) Kaveri
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Onam (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Onam (c) book (d) Narmada
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) mango (c) book (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) train (c) festival (d) Jaipur

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