Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 885 · 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 common noun? (a) Delhi (b) school (c) Ganga (d) January
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) river (c) Saanvi (d) girl
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Kolkata (c) kite (d) January
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) school (d) Pongal
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Chennai (c) Japan (d) elephant
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) Onam (d) kite
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) Manav (d) garden
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) pencil (c) boy (d) kite
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) month (d) Isha
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Chennai (c) Ganga (d) Pongal
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Japan (c) book (d) Monday
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kenya (c) January (d) garden
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) train (d) Meera
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) kite (c) girl (d) city
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Pongal (c) India (d) Kenya
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) January (c) train (d) Sunday
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Priya (b) garden (c) train (d) girl
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) festival (c) Pune (d) train
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Yamuna (c) Ganga (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Delhi (c) Nepal (d) month
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) country
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) pencil
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) girl (d) Godavari
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) boy (d) Myra
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city

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