Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 878 · 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: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) boy (d) Lucknow
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pune (c) Sunday (d) school
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) country
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Dev (c) pencil (d) mango
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) March (c) Kenya (d) train
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) Godavari (d) boy
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Vivaan (b) month (c) mango (d) kite
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Zoya
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) river
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) India (c) Mumbai (d) girl
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) month (c) Mumbai (d) Narmada
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) festival (c) Monday (d) Japan
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) October (c) Sunday (d) Chennai
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Kolkata (c) March (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Saanvi (b) girl (c) teacher (d) kite
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Nepal (c) Kolkata (d) Pongal
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) school (d) Myra
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) boy (c) Japan (d) India
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Onam (c) book (d) March
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) boy (c) city (d) Narmada
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sunday (b) city (c) month (d) school
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) ball (d) Holi
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) Ganga (d) ball
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Yamuna (c) book (d) boy
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) mango (c) Japan (d) Delhi
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Diwali (c) teacher (d) Sunday
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Diwali (c) month (d) ball
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Delhi (c) garden (d) girl

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