Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 891 · 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) festival (b) Chennai (c) Japan (d) Eid
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) month (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) garden (c) Narmada (d) March
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Lucknow (b) teacher (c) boy (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Mumbai (c) Kenya (d) mango
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) Kolkata (d) Lucknow
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Manav (d) girl
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Delhi (c) Godavari (d) book
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) month (c) Nepal (d) girl
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) festival (c) Mumbai (d) ball
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) ball (c) teacher (d) mango
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) river
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Mumbai (c) ball (d) Godavari
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Sunday (c) Chennai (d) train
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) month (d) Karan
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kenya (c) kite (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Kaveri (c) Mumbai (d) Japan
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) river
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Eid (c) city (d) October
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) Yamuna (d) boy
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Kaveri (c) teacher (d) October
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Kolkata (c) Friday (d) Holi
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Chennai (b) festival (c) book (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) elephant (d) Vivaan
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) book (c) city (d) boy
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) school (c) Delhi (d) Yamuna
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Pongal (c) month (d) mango
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) garden (c) pencil (d) Pune
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) festival (c) girl (d) kite
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Onam (c) Pune (d) Eid

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