Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 759 · 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) Godavari (b) mango (c) Delhi (d) Ganga
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) March (c) Pune (d) school
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) ball (c) pencil (d) Vivaan
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Sunday (c) Eid (d) book
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) kite (c) Kaveri (d) pencil
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Japan (c) festival (d) city
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) city (d) March
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Ira (c) boy (d) mango
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) teacher (d) Arjun
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) pencil (d) Narmada
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) India (c) Kenya (d) Kaveri
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Holi (c) elephant (d) June
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) June (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur (c) Diwali (d) train
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Sunday (c) girl (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Sunday (c) month (d) Kolkata
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) Holi (d) girl
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) teacher (d) Diwali
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Yamuna (c) teacher (d) Friday
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kaveri (c) Sunday (d) Eid
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Lucknow (c) garden (d) Kenya
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Isha (c) teacher (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) Sneha
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) city
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Pune (c) garden (d) kite
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) country
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river

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