Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 724 · 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) month (b) March (c) Nepal (d) Kaveri
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) ball (c) month (d) festival
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) river
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Tara (c) school (d) garden
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) Mumbai (d) boy
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Diwali (c) Delhi (d) pencil
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Japan (c) January (d) Chennai
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Myra (c) ball (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) elephant (c) Japan (d) Delhi
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) India (c) kite (d) Onam
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Friday (c) January (d) Kaveri
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Pune (c) school (d) city
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) country
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) June (c) kite (d) festival
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Pune (c) Godavari (d) festival
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) mango (c) Monday (d) Lucknow
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Ganga (c) Holi (d) train
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Eid (c) Pune (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) India (d) school
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) Rohan (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) Delhi (d) festival
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Onam (c) festival (d) girl
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Rahul (c) garden (d) ball
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) garden (c) Chennai (d) October
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) teacher (c) Arjun (d) mango
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Ananya (c) school (d) garden

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