Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 829 · 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) girl (b) school (c) teacher (d) Kenya
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) train (c) boy (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) school (c) festival (d) girl
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) mango (c) river (d) Dev
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) June
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) festival (d) Yamuna
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) book (d) Rahul
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) Onam
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) boy (d) Karan
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Pune (c) pencil (d) girl
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Vivaan (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) pencil (c) India (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) boy (c) Kolkata (d) Friday
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Friday (c) mango (d) teacher
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) kite (d) Saanvi
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Narmada (d) boy
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) January (c) Pongal (d) elephant
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) kite (c) Friday (d) Mumbai
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Kolkata (c) Sunday (d) Kenya
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Monday (c) book (d) Ganga
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Mumbai (c) Narmada (d) girl
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) ball (c) Chennai (d) Ganga
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) school (d) January
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Myra (c) elephant (d) teacher
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) school (c) Holi (d) garden
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Sunday (c) train (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) Ananya (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Ganga (c) pencil (d) Eid
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city

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