Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 752 · 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) Pune (b) Nepal (c) Diwali (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) school (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) ball (c) pencil (d) train
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) train (c) Delhi (d) book
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) country
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Eid (c) Onam (d) Godavari
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) day
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) city
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) river (c) festival (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) train (c) Pongal (d) Delhi
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Saanvi (b) city (c) book (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) Nisha (d) ball
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Neel (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) ball (c) girl (d) book
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) Aarav (d) month
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) March (c) Friday (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) Kenya (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) Kolkata (d) kite
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) India (c) Kolkata (d) ball
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) school (c) Mumbai (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Yamuna (c) Chennai (d) Sunday
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Yamuna (d) train
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) river (c) Kaveri (d) January
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Yamuna (c) elephant (d) Narmada
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Sunday (c) India (d) teacher
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) school (d) Arjun
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) school (c) train (d) Lucknow
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) school (d) Japan

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