Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 779 · 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) Ganga (b) Kenya (c) India (d) mango
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Diwali (c) garden (d) Sunday
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) Narmada (d) school
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Ira (c) month (d) teacher
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Kolkata (c) month (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kenya (c) mango (d) elephant
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) elephant (c) Nepal (d) Ganga
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) book (c) Kabir (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Godavari (c) city (d) pencil
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) pencil (c) ball (d) boy
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) school (d) Delhi
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) day
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) Godavari (d) October
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) June (c) girl (d) train
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Narmada (c) river (d) Holi
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) pencil (d) Chennai
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Eid (c) festival (d) train
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Chennai (c) Mumbai (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) train (c) boy (d) Dev
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Kaveri (c) Onam (d) Diwali
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) January (c) book (d) pencil
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) city (c) river (d) Arjun
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Eid (c) Pune (d) girl
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) book (c) Friday (d) Narmada
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) month (c) Pongal (d) Jaipur
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) city
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) kite (c) Narmada (d) Kaveri
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) month (c) boy (d) Jaipur
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river

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