Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 761 · 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) river (b) Yamuna (c) Narmada (d) Japan
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) pencil (d) Rahul
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Lucknow (c) school (d) India
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Pongal (c) ball (d) Kenya
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) Kavya (d) teacher
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Sunday (c) Delhi (d) March
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) March (c) river (d) mango
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Nepal (c) Yamuna (d) teacher
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) India (c) school (d) month
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) city (c) teacher (d) boy
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) garden (c) girl (d) Pooja
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) kite (d) Delhi
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Holi (c) river (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) Nepal (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) month (c) elephant (d) girl
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) teacher (c) Yamuna (d) train
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) mango (c) Pongal (d) garden
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Jaipur (c) train (d) June
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ishaan (b) elephant (c) kite (d) boy
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) elephant (c) city (d) pencil
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) river (c) ball (d) book
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Mumbai (c) Nepal (d) mango
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Holi (c) Ganga (d) month
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) month
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) book (d) Monday
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) mango (c) city (d) pencil
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Japan (c) Yamuna (d) book

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