Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 901 · 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) Nepal (b) March (c) river (d) Chennai
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) elephant (c) Friday (d) January
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Friday (c) mango (d) Lucknow
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) festival (c) Lucknow (d) train
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) kite (c) Japan (d) Kolkata
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) mango (c) month (d) Dev
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Nepal
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) book
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Yamuna (c) Jaipur (d) Sunday
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Holi (c) Kolkata (d) school
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ananya (b) girl (c) mango (d) city
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Arjun (c) book (d) boy
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) city (c) March (d) January
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) day
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) festival
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) boy (c) elephant (d) Sneha
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) pencil (c) Rohan (d) girl
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Eid (c) Chennai (d) girl
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) train (c) garden (d) Pune
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) city
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) garden (c) pencil (d) ball
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) school (d) Isha
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) book (c) girl (d) Kenya
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) festival (c) month (d) book
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) mango (c) October (d) teacher
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) school (c) city (d) Kaveri
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) kite (c) boy (d) girl
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) month (c) Chennai (d) June
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) day
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Ganga (d) school
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) festival (d) country
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) pencil (d) Aditya
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) garden (c) Kolkata (d) Friday

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