Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 86 · 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 common noun? (a) city (b) Monday (c) January (d) Pongal
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Monday (c) pencil (d) Chennai
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Chennai (d) train
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) girl (d) Sunday
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) October (d) ball
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) garden (c) Nisha (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Yamuna (c) boy (d) pencil
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) garden (c) kite (d) train
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) garden (d) Kenya
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) month
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Pune (c) January (d) Chennai
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Nepal (c) train (d) city
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) book (c) October (d) Lucknow
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) month (c) Dev (d) train
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Lucknow (c) Delhi (d) train
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) Yash (d) kite
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) pencil (c) school (d) Karan
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Godavari (c) elephant (d) mango
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) elephant (c) Myra (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Ganga (c) mango (d) Mumbai
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Friday (c) festival (d) Jaipur
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Godavari (c) Ganga (d) elephant
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Eid (c) Chennai (d) girl
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) river
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) mango (c) festival (d) Aditya
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) boy (c) city (d) ball
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) Lucknow (d) teacher
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Farhan (d) train
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) book (d) Pune
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) girl (d) Jaipur
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) city

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