Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 868 · 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) train (b) mango (c) Lucknow (d) boy
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kenya (c) boy (d) ball
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Aditya (c) kite (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) school (d) Manav
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Onam (c) book (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) March (d) elephant
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) city (d) Nepal
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) India (b) month (c) train (d) mango
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Diwali (c) Eid (d) Sunday
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) day (d) month
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) day
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Delhi (c) Godavari (d) mango
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Narmada (c) Kenya (d) Godavari
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) city (c) school (d) Riya
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) river (d) Karan
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Ganga (c) Sunday (d) ball
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) elephant (c) book (d) Ganga
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Delhi (c) school (d) Lucknow
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) Yamuna (d) boy
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) Kenya
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) city (c) Ananya (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Narmada (c) elephant (d) March
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) mango (d) Godavari
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) day (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) Holi (d) ball
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Pune (c) festival (d) January
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Ganga (c) teacher (d) October
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) month (c) Sunday (d) Mumbai
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) kite (d) Diwali
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) garden (c) train (d) pencil
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Kolkata (c) boy (d) Chennai

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