Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 750 · 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) Pongal (b) Sunday (c) Ganga (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Godavari (c) book (d) Chennai
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Eid (c) month (d) pencil
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) Aditya (d) city
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Narmada (c) boy (d) Yamuna
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Holi (c) elephant (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Japan (d) month
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) train (c) pencil (d) teacher
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) city (d) Friday
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nisha (b) kite (c) pencil (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) train (c) Mumbai (d) Godavari
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Monday (c) Pune (d) India
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) festival (c) elephant (d) kite
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) elephant (c) kite (d) Narmada
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) kite (c) Priya (d) girl
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) festival (c) elephant (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Kenya (c) city (d) Diwali
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) river (c) Godavari (d) Diwali
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Godavari (c) June (d) Kenya
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) January (c) Onam (d) garden
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) festival (c) Chennai (d) Jaipur
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) pencil (d) Yash
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) Kunal (d) school
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) teacher (c) January (d) March
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Friday (c) Onam (d) mango
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) day
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) October (c) month (d) girl
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) school (c) garden (d) January
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) elephant (c) school (d) boy
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) school

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