Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 730 · 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) Onam (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) Ganga
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Ganga (c) Delhi (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Delhi (c) kite (d) Ganga
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) Kenya (d) kite
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) elephant (c) boy (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Jaipur (c) Holi (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) ball (c) Kavya (d) book
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Japan (c) Pune (d) Holi
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) festival (d) Holi
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) book (c) Priya (d) river
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Pune (c) Delhi (d) ball
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Kolkata (c) river (d) June
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Onam (c) book (d) Kolkata
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) month (c) ball (d) teacher
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Kaveri (c) Delhi (d) Japan
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Karan (c) girl (d) ball
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) mango (c) boy (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Friday (d) school
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) Aarav (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) girl (c) school (d) elephant
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Onam
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) garden (c) Nepal (d) festival
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) January (c) girl (d) Monday
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Monday (c) Mumbai (d) boy
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Isha (c) boy (d) mango
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) boy (d) Delhi
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) March (c) girl (d) mango

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