Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 892 · 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) Sunday (b) Holi (c) river (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) garden (c) elephant (d) ball
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Nisha (c) girl (d) kite
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) country (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Kaveri (c) school (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Mumbai (c) pencil (d) October
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) Holi
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Chennai (c) India (d) train
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) month (c) Ganga (d) kite
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) train
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) Holi (d) river
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) city
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) festival
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Chennai (c) girl (d) Godavari
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Aarav (c) river (d) boy
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) garden (d) Kavya
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Diwali (c) Jaipur (d) Chennai
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) month (d) festival
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) mango (c) Vivaan (d) kite
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) garden (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Kolkata (c) Chennai (d) ball
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) school (d) Japan
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) school (c) boy (d) elephant
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) boy (c) June (d) Yamuna
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) boy (c) Kenya (d) train
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) kite (c) Delhi (d) Onam
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Yamuna (c) Monday (d) teacher
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) teacher (c) Monday (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) country

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