Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 766 · 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) Pune (b) Nepal (c) Diwali (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) river (c) city (d) train
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Tara (c) boy (d) kite
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) Ganga (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Nepal (c) girl (d) Godavari
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) India (c) pencil (d) school
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) ball
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) October (c) Narmada (d) Pongal
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Nepal (c) kite (d) Diwali
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Chennai (c) Onam (d) Narmada
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) train (d) January
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Delhi (c) month (d) elephant
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Monday (c) train (d) Pongal
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Kolkata (c) garden (d) Onam
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) Chennai (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) mango (c) girl (d) school
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) festival (c) Onam (d) Pune
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) pencil (c) Yamuna (d) Eid
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Holi (c) October (d) Japan
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) pencil (c) mango (d) Isha
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Onam (c) Monday (d) school
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) month (c) Jaipur (d) Pongal
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Yamuna (c) mango (d) Diwali
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) boy (c) Kaveri (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) March (c) teacher (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) Narmada (d) elephant

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