Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 762 · 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) Kolkata (b) June (c) Friday (d) river
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Yamuna (c) elephant (d) Godavari
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Arjun (d) garden
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) school (c) Friday (d) Onam
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) March (c) Pune (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) month (c) Yamuna (d) Pune
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) school (c) boy (d) Eid
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Chennai (c) Kolkata (d) Narmada
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Diwali (c) pencil (d) Kaveri
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) January (c) school (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) Japan (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) train (c) river (d) Aisha
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Chennai (c) garden (d) elephant
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) India (c) elephant (d) girl
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Yamuna (c) October (d) Pune
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Holi (c) train (d) book
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Diya (c) elephant (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Holi (c) Japan (d) Mumbai
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Eid (c) city (d) Pongal
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) month (d) Dev
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Pune (c) Kaveri (d) Kolkata
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) train (c) mango (d) girl
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Godavari (c) Monday (d) kite
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Priya (c) book (d) pencil
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Monday (c) Narmada (d) Yamuna
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) ball (c) boy (d) Sunday
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) city (c) mango (d) girl
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Pongal (c) city (d) ball
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) month (d) Jaipur
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) pencil (d) June
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) teacher (d) Kolkata

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