Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 872 · 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: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) day
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) train (d) Chennai
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Friday (c) Pongal (d) Holi
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) ball (d) India
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) January (c) month (d) India
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) day
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Eid (c) Kolkata (d) Monday
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) pencil (c) Chennai (d) Delhi
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) school (c) ball (d) book
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Mumbai (c) Sunday (d) river
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Pune
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) book (d) Kunal
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Sunday (c) train (d) Japan
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Friday (c) mango (d) Kenya
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Nepal (c) boy (d) Kolkata
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) June (c) Pongal (d) India
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Holi (c) garden (d) January
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Arjun (c) girl (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) city (c) festival (d) girl
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kenya (c) ball (d) Kolkata
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) Diwali
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) river (c) month (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Kaveri (c) Japan (d) teacher
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) kite (d) Jaipur
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) Saanvi
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) Delhi (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) book (c) Yamuna (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) girl (d) Riya
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) girl (c) Eid (d) India
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rohan (b) train (c) kite (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) kite (c) Nepal (d) March
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) kite (c) Pooja (d) city

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar