Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 873 · 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) month (b) pencil (c) boy (d) January
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) month (c) Holi (d) Delhi
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) boy (d) Tara
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) Godavari (d) city
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) mango (c) Godavari (d) Sunday
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) garden (c) boy (d) Diwali
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Pune (c) kite (d) Japan
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) pencil (c) Lucknow (d) Pune
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) book (d) Rohan
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Kolkata (c) Narmada (d) elephant
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) Pune (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) train (c) Monday (d) Mumbai
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aarav (b) river (c) mango (d) kite
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) girl
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Kolkata (c) Japan (d) festival
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) girl (c) Yamuna (d) garden
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Eid (c) Lucknow (d) garden
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) train (c) book (d) Delhi
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Ira (c) book (d) teacher
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) teacher (c) Chennai (d) Onam
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kunal (c) river (d) elephant
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Kenya (c) train (d) book
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Vivaan (d) kite
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) India (c) Mumbai (d) ball
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) country
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Pune (c) Lucknow (d) Diwali
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) river (c) Kolkata (d) girl
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Isha (c) school (d) river
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) Narmada (d) pencil
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river

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