Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 796 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) country
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Narmada (c) garden (d) Chennai
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) January (c) Yamuna (d) Kenya
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) girl (c) Onam (d) elephant
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) March (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) elephant (c) boy (d) book
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Onam (c) Chennai (d) Pongal
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Eid (c) Japan (d) Kaveri
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Holi (c) Nepal (d) Ganga
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) mango (c) Friday (d) January
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) boy (d) Manav
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) mango (c) Holi (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) Lucknow (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) Zoya (d) pencil
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) teacher (c) ball (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) Jaipur (d) train
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) Nisha (d) kite
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Japan (c) June (d) Yamuna
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) teacher (c) book (d) elephant
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) garden (d) Neel
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Ishaan (c) girl (d) boy
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Kaveri (d) teacher
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) school (d) Delhi
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Japan (c) Chennai (d) girl
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pune (c) Ganga (d) pencil
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) Sneha (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Pongal (c) Eid (d) boy
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) kite (d) January
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Kaveri (c) school (d) Narmada
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) book (d) Mumbai

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