Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 812 · 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) Lucknow (b) Pune (c) Kaveri (d) festival
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) ball (d) Monday
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) day (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) pencil (d) January
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) mango (d) Kolkata
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Kaveri (c) Jaipur (d) train
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) month (d) Onam
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Chennai (c) Monday (d) boy
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Mumbai (c) month (d) June
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Pune (c) kite (d) mango
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) teacher (c) Kaveri (d) Delhi
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) city (d) country
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur (c) kite (d) January
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Eid (c) Sunday (d) Pune
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Eid (c) city (d) Lucknow
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Japan (c) ball (d) Delhi
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) month (c) boy (d) pencil
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Ananya (c) girl (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) garden (d) Vivaan
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) river
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) city (c) river (d) book
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) June (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Pune (c) June (d) school
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Myra (d) book
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Dev (c) girl (d) book
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Diya (c) month (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kenya (c) elephant (d) Pongal
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) girl (c) Delhi (d) Kenya
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Yamuna (c) book (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Kenya (c) boy (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Kaveri (c) book (d) garden

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