Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 723 · 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) Holi (b) India (c) river (d) Mumbai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) river (c) girl (d) boy
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) train (c) Jaipur (d) river
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) January (d) boy
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) school (c) ball (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) month (c) Eid (d) Friday
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Pune (c) Mumbai (d) teacher
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Kolkata (c) ball (d) Lucknow
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) river
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) river (d) Kaveri
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Delhi (c) Kenya (d) Ganga
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) city (c) girl (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) pencil (c) festival (d) book
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Kenya (c) Kolkata (d) kite
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) river (c) school (d) month
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Godavari (c) ball (d) mango
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) month (d) Monday
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) train (c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) day
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) book (c) Jaipur (d) Kenya
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) pencil (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kenya (c) Kolkata (d) Holi
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) Tara (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Pune (c) Pongal (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) India (c) train (d) kite
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) boy (c) Monday (d) Narmada
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Yamuna (c) school (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) boy (c) elephant (d) Meera
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Neel (c) boy (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day

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