Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 874 · 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) city (b) festival (c) Onam (d) teacher
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Yamuna (c) girl (d) Narmada
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Kolkata (c) Holi (d) India
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) month (c) boy (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Arjun (c) river (d) pencil
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) mango (d) Mumbai
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) ball (c) Kunal (d) elephant
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) river (b) Chennai (c) Ganga (d) Kaveri
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) ball (c) Sunday (d) book
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) garden (c) river (d) Kolkata
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) river
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) month (c) river (d) Lucknow
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Delhi (c) Japan (d) festival
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Ganga (c) Nepal (d) pencil
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Chennai (c) pencil (d) school
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Friday (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Onam (c) Nepal (d) Godavari
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Onam (c) Kenya (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) festival (c) teacher (d) city
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) train (c) mango (d) ball
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Eid (c) festival (d) garden
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Omkar (c) school (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Lucknow (c) Ganga (d) kite
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Jaipur (c) Yamuna (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) elephant (d) Sneha
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) Yamuna (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) river (c) boy (d) school
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) month (d) Japan
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) month
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) country
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Ganga (c) train (d) Japan
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Rahul (b) train (c) book (d) ball

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