Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 743 · 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) Kenya (b) Ganga (c) mango (d) Japan
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Narmada (c) book (d) Japan
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Kolkata
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Sunday (c) March (d) Holi
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) train
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) elephant (c) girl (d) pencil
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Chennai (c) Narmada (d) school
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) festival (d) Nepal
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) ball (c) Kenya (d) Narmada
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) India (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) January (c) March (d) Pune
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) garden (d) January
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Jaipur (c) mango (d) school
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Japan (c) Onam (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) Lucknow (d) mango
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) kite (c) garden (d) ball
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Friday (c) March (d) Ganga
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) Kolkata (d) girl
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Sneha (c) teacher (d) boy
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Mumbai (c) girl (d) Yamuna
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) book (d) Mumbai
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Sunday (c) ball (d) festival
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Diya (c) festival (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Karan (c) festival (d) elephant
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) October (c) Delhi (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) garden (d) Meera
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) elephant (d) June
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) Kenya (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) mango (c) pencil (d) ball
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) festival (d) Narmada
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) book (c) Onam (d) mango
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) Diwali (d) train
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) mango (c) girl (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) kite (c) Yamuna (d) Lucknow

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