Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 847 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) Isha (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Pune (c) June (d) kite
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) Pongal (d) pencil
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) city (c) school (d) Kenya
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) river (c) kite (d) June
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) October (c) January (d) school
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) river (d) Saanvi
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Yamuna (c) India (d) Ganga
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) pencil
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) October (c) garden (d) Yamuna
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Eid (c) teacher (d) Mumbai
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Narmada (c) Kenya (d) city
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Holi (c) March (d) Pune
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) pencil (d) Diwali
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) January (c) city (d) kite
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) train (c) Kaveri (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) Monday (d) boy
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) boy
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) festival
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) kite (c) city (d) river
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) June (c) Kaveri (d) Godavari
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) boy (c) book (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Mumbai (c) mango (d) Eid
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) city
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) country
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) river
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Chennai (c) month (d) Onam
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Omkar (c) garden (d) kite

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