Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 893 · 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) Lucknow (b) Pongal (c) river (d) Monday
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Onam
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) country (d) day
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) day
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) Kunal (d) girl
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Kolkata (c) Friday (d) city
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) city
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Lucknow (c) teacher (d) Pune
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) school (c) elephant (d) kite
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) January (d) girl
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) ball (c) school (d) Nepal
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Kenya (c) October (d) mango
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Kenya (c) Pongal (d) Monday
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) March (c) festival (d) mango
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Sneha (b) festival (c) month (d) mango
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) mango (c) book (d) pencil
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) June (c) garden (d) Pongal
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) teacher (c) boy (d) Lucknow
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) girl (d) Monday
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) river (c) mango (d) Ira
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Monday (c) elephant (d) Godavari
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) train (c) Monday (d) Friday
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Monday (c) Ganga (d) Friday
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) festival (d) Eid
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Ganga (c) girl (d) Godavari
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) month
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) school (c) garden (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Aisha (c) book (d) girl
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) October (b) kite (c) school (d) elephant
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kaveri (b) boy (c) ball (d) pencil
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) festival
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) day
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day

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