Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 881 · 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) girl (b) Diya (c) river (d) elephant
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) teacher (d) Pune
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) school (c) train (d) elephant
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Mumbai (c) Nepal (d) Godavari
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Nepal (c) girl (d) Diwali
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) teacher (c) city (d) Jaipur
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) ball (d) Onam
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) school (c) Holi (d) girl
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) India
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Delhi (c) Pongal (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Sunday (c) March (d) book
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) March (c) Narmada (d) kite
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Kaveri (c) June (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) river (c) ball (d) book
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Monday (c) train (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) kite (c) Godavari (d) pencil
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) pencil (c) Farhan (d) boy
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Myra (c) city (d) pencil
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) festival (c) Yamuna (d) Kaveri
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Arjun (c) city (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Delhi (c) train (d) mango
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Japan (c) Chennai (d) school
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Ganga (c) Kenya (d) Onam
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) garden (c) kite (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) pencil (d) Rahul
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) pencil (d) Saanvi
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) book (d) Kavya
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) river
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) Nepal (d) festival

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