Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 896 · 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) October (b) Eid (c) book (d) Jaipur
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Onam (c) Nepal (d) Pongal
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) festival (c) Godavari (d) Onam
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Kaveri (c) ball (d) Jaipur
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) festival
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Delhi (c) festival (d) mango
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Ira (c) garden (d) girl
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Nepal (c) March (d) Chennai
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Eid (c) June (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) Friday (d) mango
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) girl (c) March (d) train
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Holi (c) month (d) October
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Yamuna (d) girl
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Saanvi (c) city (d) pencil
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Holi (c) Narmada (d) school
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Jaipur (b) elephant (c) festival (d) river
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) train (c) Friday (d) Yamuna
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) month (c) Diya (d) garden
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aisha (b) ball (c) month (d) pencil
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) city
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) boy (d) Kolkata
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) city
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) festival
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) ball (c) boy (d) Kaveri
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) ball (c) Diwali (d) pencil
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) month
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) festival (d) Zoya
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) book (c) festival (d) Omkar
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Jaipur (c) Kaveri (d) Nepal

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