Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 756 · 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) Onam (b) city (c) January (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Yamuna (c) June (d) mango
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) train (c) school (d) Pooja
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) elephant (c) book (d) Eid
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) garden (d) January
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) October (c) festival (d) Ganga
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kenya (c) Kolkata (d) school
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Onam (c) book (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) Riya (d) school
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Jaipur (c) October (d) Kolkata
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Holi (c) Nepal (d) Diwali
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Sunday (c) Godavari (d) March
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Nepal (c) Japan (d) Jaipur
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) garden (c) January (d) Ganga
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) teacher (c) river (d) Mumbai
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) book (c) Manav (d) month
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Yash (c) mango (d) pencil
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) girl (c) train (d) garden
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Pongal (c) Holi (d) elephant
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Kaveri (c) Japan (d) pencil
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Sunday (c) month (d) mango
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) Pongal (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Jaipur (c) school (d) elephant
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) river (c) garden (d) train
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kenya (c) boy (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) Diya (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) day
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) school (c) festival (d) book
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) city (d) Pune
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) teacher (d) Dev
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) book (c) Monday (d) Kaveri

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