Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 755 · 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) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Holi (d) garden
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) India (c) March (d) Monday
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) elephant (c) Neel (d) school
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Farhan (b) month (c) school (d) ball
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Nisha (c) teacher (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) Chennai
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Eid (c) Onam (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Japan (c) school (d) Kolkata
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) festival (c) March (d) Kaveri
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) book (c) Mumbai (d) October
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Mumbai (c) month (d) Nepal
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Narmada (c) pencil (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) India (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) mango (c) Isha (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) pencil (c) Mumbai (d) Nepal
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Onam (c) Mumbai (d) kite
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Monday (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Mumbai (c) boy (d) school
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) Diya (d) boy
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Yamuna (c) school (d) mango
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Pune (c) Friday (d) October
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) book (c) boy (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) October (c) Lucknow (d) June
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Aisha (d) teacher
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) garden (d) Delhi
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Godavari (c) girl (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) March (d) ball
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) Zoya (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) month (c) mango (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) month (c) festival (d) pencil

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