Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 768 · 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) Kolkata (c) Friday (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) festival (c) Sunday (d) June
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) Mumbai (d) girl
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Friday (c) boy (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) school (d) June
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) train (c) garden (d) Aisha
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) day
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) Holi (d) garden
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Japan (c) kite (d) Jaipur
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) school (c) mango (d) Kenya
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) mango (c) train (d) Myra
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Delhi (d) train
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Japan (c) garden (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Japan (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Chennai (c) October (d) ball
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) March (c) Godavari (d) Pongal
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) Kenya
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) June (c) Eid (d) book
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) girl (c) elephant (d) month
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) river
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) Tara (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Nepal (c) teacher (d) boy
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) festival (c) teacher (d) kite
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) festival (c) train (d) January
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Ganga (c) Sunday (d) mango
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) boy (d) Monday
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Kenya (c) river (d) Ganga
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) teacher (d) Diwali
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city

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