Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 836 · 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) pencil (b) city (c) elephant (d) Onam
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) mango (c) girl (d) pencil
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) pencil
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) ball (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Delhi (c) city (d) kite
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Holi (c) book (d) Kolkata
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Chennai (c) boy (d) train
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) Pongal (d) kite
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Eid (c) India (d) Delhi
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Diwali (c) October (d) Sunday
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) city (d) Isha
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) pencil (c) book (d) mango
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Yamuna (c) festival (d) Delhi
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) country
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Monday (c) kite (d) Eid
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Ganga (c) Delhi (d) school
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Mumbai (c) mango (d) elephant
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) day
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) teacher (c) Ganga (d) Mumbai
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) elephant (c) Jaipur (d) Delhi
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Yamuna (c) river (d) ball
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) Holi (d) boy
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) March (c) girl (d) ball
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) pencil (c) ball (d) Aarav
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) girl (d) Ira
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) mango (d) Rohan
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) girl (d) Sunday
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) pencil (d) June
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Japan (c) teacher (d) train

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