Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 771 · 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) Kenya (b) Godavari (c) Delhi (d) ball
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Friday (c) elephant (d) Lucknow
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) girl (d) Meera
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) Zoya (d) month
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Nepal (c) Sunday (d) Diwali
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Manav (d) train
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) Delhi (d) girl
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) school (d) Saanvi
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Godavari (d) elephant
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) girl
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Delhi (c) city (d) Narmada
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) month (d) river
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Lucknow (c) Kolkata (d) festival
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Yamuna (c) Jaipur (d) kite
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kunal (c) garden (d) train
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) festival (c) book (d) Kaveri
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) month (c) river (d) elephant
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) Aisha (d) kite
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Jaipur (c) Yamuna (d) book
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) mango (d) Eid
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Pongal (c) river (d) mango
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Ganga (c) Pongal (d) Narmada
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) October (d) teacher
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Sunday (d) mango
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Yamuna (c) garden (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Diya
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Neel (c) school (d) ball
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Delhi (c) Monday (d) boy
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) river (c) Friday (d) March

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