Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 788 · 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) month (c) October (d) March
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) train (c) India (d) Eid
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kenya (c) boy (d) elephant
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) girl (c) mango (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) kite (d) Lucknow
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Narmada (c) book (d) mango
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Sunday (c) city (d) Godavari
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) school (c) Pune (d) Godavari
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Godavari (c) mango (d) Eid
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) October (c) Kenya (d) Chennai
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) day
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Diwali (c) month (d) elephant
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) country
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) elephant (c) Kolkata (d) boy
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) river
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) garden (c) girl (d) Holi
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) ball (c) Mumbai (d) Yamuna
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) March (c) kite (d) Pongal
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) river (c) Sunday (d) Godavari
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) school (d) October
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kenya (c) Friday (d) book
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) March (c) Eid (d) girl
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) teacher (d) Nepal
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) book (d) Omkar
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) pencil (c) Friday (d) Pune
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month

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