Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 848 · 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) school (b) India (c) pencil (d) ball
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Yamuna (c) March (d) boy
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Pongal
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Chennai (c) Nepal (d) girl
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Godavari (c) Lucknow (d) garden
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) festival (c) garden (d) boy
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Riya (b) girl (c) book (d) school
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) country
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Kenya (c) Jaipur (d) book
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) Delhi (d) garden
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Pongal (c) month (d) Narmada
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) river (d) Ganga
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) October (c) month (d) teacher
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) October (c) Narmada (d) kite
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) teacher (c) kite (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Holi (c) Godavari (d) Pongal
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) book (c) pencil (d) train
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) ball (d) Arjun
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Monday (c) elephant (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Kabir (c) girl (d) month
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Yamuna (c) January (d) Jaipur
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) city (c) month (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) boy (c) Ananya (d) school
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Pune (d) girl
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) January (d) book
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Jaipur (c) Sunday (d) Delhi
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) ball (c) India (d) Mumbai
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) June (c) Mumbai (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) city (c) book (d) girl

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