Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 745 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Delhi (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) month
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Friday (c) Pongal (d) festival
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Narmada (c) month (d) Yamuna
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Holi (c) March (d) Godavari
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) school (c) Mumbai (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Jaipur (c) festival (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) festival (c) city (d) Chennai
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) October (c) Delhi (d) pencil
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) January (c) Kolkata (d) Narmada
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Nisha (c) book (d) teacher
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Narmada (c) March (d) Ganga
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) teacher (c) Pongal (d) Friday
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Pune (c) Diwali (d) train
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Mumbai (c) garden (d) Yamuna
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) Kaveri (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Holi (c) kite (d) Onam
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) ball (d) Pune
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) garden (d) Kolkata
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Yamuna (c) October (d) ball
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) Narmada (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) mango (c) river (d) March
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) January (d) festival
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) kite (c) Godavari (d) teacher
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Pune (c) mango (d) Holi
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Zoya (b) pencil (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Priya (c) garden (d) boy
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Eid (c) train (d) girl

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