Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 810 · 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) book (c) elephant (d) Friday
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Yamuna (c) book (d) girl
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) elephant (c) train (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) Sunday (d) ball
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Yash (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Sunday (c) Holi (d) June
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) Aisha
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) river (c) Monday (d) Sunday
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Holi (c) school (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Lucknow (d) school
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Jaipur (c) Narmada (d) train
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Delhi (c) Pongal (d) elephant
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) teacher (d) Chennai
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) January (c) boy (d) Kaveri
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Kaveri (c) Friday (d) Nepal
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) book (c) pencil (d) Aarav
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Mumbai (c) Ganga (d) teacher
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Godavari (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) garden (d) Kolkata
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) pencil (c) Onam (d) book
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Japan (c) city (d) train
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) school (c) October (d) Narmada
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Eid (c) book (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) mango (c) festival (d) girl
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) pencil (d) January
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) country
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Friday (c) kite (d) Mumbai
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) June (c) kite (d) mango
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) October (c) book (d) Godavari
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) October (c) Onam (d) Pune
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) Kaveri (d) book
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river

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