Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 858 · 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) book (b) mango (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Lucknow (c) Yamuna (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) October (d) kite
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) March (c) girl (d) Narmada
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) book (c) kite (d) elephant
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) day
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) ball (d) March
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) train (c) Pongal (d) India
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) Holi (d) boy
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Lucknow (c) Pune (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Delhi (c) Kenya (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) Isha (d) festival
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) elephant (d) Chennai
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Eid (c) Kenya (d) October
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) January (c) Yamuna (d) boy
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Japan (c) school (d) river
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) country
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) school (c) book (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Yamuna
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Yamuna (c) garden (d) Pune
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) river (c) city (d) Jaipur
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) October (c) Diwali (d) Chennai
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) country
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) Omkar (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) Priya
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) India (d) garden
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Diwali (c) river (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Chennai (c) June (d) river
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Lucknow (c) India (d) pencil
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) city
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) school (c) girl (d) pencil
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city

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