Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 764 · 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) train (b) Sunday (c) Yamuna (d) June
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Lucknow (c) elephant (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) river (d) Jaipur
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Mumbai (c) book (d) train
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Chennai (c) month (d) elephant
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Monday (c) pencil (d) boy
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Godavari (d) girl
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Manav (c) girl (d) boy
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Godavari (c) pencil (d) boy
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) book (c) garden (d) kite
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) city (d) Nepal
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Narmada (d) train
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Monday (c) Japan (d) ball
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) month (c) Yamuna (d) Japan
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) train (c) Ira (d) mango
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) ball (d) Friday
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) elephant (c) Kaveri (d) Sunday
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Diwali (c) teacher (d) mango
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) March (c) kite (d) Delhi
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) month
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) Delhi (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Kenya (c) Godavari (d) book
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kunal (c) book (d) boy
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) girl (d) Kolkata
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) pencil (d) Diya
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) girl (c) teacher (d) January

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