Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 82 · 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) festival (b) January (c) Friday (d) Yamuna
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Ganga (c) pencil (d) girl
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Pongal (c) India (d) month
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Pune (c) ball (d) Holi
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) garden (c) Narmada (d) January
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) mango (c) Ishaan (d) kite
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) teacher (d) Monday
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) boy (c) month (d) teacher
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) train (c) elephant (d) pencil
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Narmada (c) river (d) Delhi
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) festival (d) Nepal
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) river (c) Kunal (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) March (c) Delhi (d) city
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Nisha (c) school (d) kite
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Delhi (c) festival (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) elephant (c) river (d) Mumbai
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Godavari (c) elephant (d) boy
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Friday (c) Delhi (d) elephant
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) pencil
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) mango (c) June (d) Monday
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) river (d) Eid
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) river (d) Japan
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) boy (d) Kaveri
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Saanvi (c) school (d) elephant
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) teacher (d) Onam
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) Myra (d) teacher

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