Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 900 · 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) Godavari (b) mango (c) March (d) Delhi
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) city (d) river
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) river (c) January (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) city
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Mumbai (c) festival (d) boy
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) Ganga (d) kite
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) month
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Delhi (c) Ganga (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) month (c) teacher (d) Aarav
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) India (c) city (d) Kaveri
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) ball (c) mango (d) school
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Riya (c) festival (d) pencil
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Eid (c) Pune (d) girl
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) garden (c) festival (d) Myra
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) boy (c) river (d) Nepal
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Tara (b) festival (c) school (d) pencil
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) month
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Japan (c) school (d) elephant
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) garden (c) Vivaan (d) book
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Delhi (c) book (d) Kenya
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Diwali (c) Eid (d) Delhi
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) boy (c) Holi (d) Sunday
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) country
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Onam (c) river (d) Godavari
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) Meera (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) book (c) Lucknow (d) festival
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) elephant (c) Yamuna (d) Ganga
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) kite (c) pencil (d) book
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Mumbai (c) garden (d) Lucknow

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