Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 820 · 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) Pune (b) Ganga (c) Onam (d) teacher
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) festival (d) Kaveri
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) book (c) garden (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) girl (d) Sunday
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Onam (c) Kolkata (d) Holi
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) month
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) train (c) month (d) Delhi
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) kite (c) pencil (d) Zoya
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) pencil (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) festival (d) Saanvi
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) festival (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) January (c) garden (d) Kolkata
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) festival
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Priya (c) festival (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) train (c) garden (d) pencil
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Delhi (c) Japan (d) Diwali
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) elephant (c) month (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) boy (c) Jaipur (d) Chennai
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Chennai (c) Ganga (d) train
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Kaveri (c) Yamuna (d) kite
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) India (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) June (d) book
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) month
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Nepal (c) school (d) Monday
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Yamuna (c) book (d) pencil
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Monday (c) Nepal (d) pencil
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Kunal (c) train (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) train (d) Ganga
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) river (d) Onam
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) Neel (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Delhi (c) girl (d) Japan
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) mango (c) kite (d) Jaipur

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