Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 803 · 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) kite (b) Chennai (c) book (d) mango
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) festival (d) Yamuna
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) city (c) ball (d) girl
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Eid (c) Holi (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) month (d) March
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Jaipur (c) river (d) Eid
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) garden (c) mango (d) elephant
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Ganga (c) kite (d) girl
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Eid (c) garden (d) January
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) month (c) kite (d) teacher
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Eid (c) Monday (d) ball
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) Rohan (d) pencil
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) festival (d) boy
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) India (c) girl (d) Chennai
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) pencil (c) Pune (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) month (c) March (d) India
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Sunday (c) October (d) Nepal
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) festival
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) January (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) city
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) school (c) river (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Ganga (c) Diwali (d) teacher
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) Kabir
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Mumbai (c) Kenya (d) book
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Nepal (c) Sunday (d) boy
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) book (c) teacher (d) June
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) train (d) Meera
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Chennai (c) elephant (d) Ganga

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