Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 910 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) train (c) river (d) Jaipur
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) month (d) Monday
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Japan (c) Kolkata (d) city
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) Diya (d) girl
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Jaipur (c) garden (d) Kolkata
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) festival
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) girl (c) Pongal (d) Holi
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Yamuna (c) elephant (d) mango
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Delhi (c) Kenya (d) Lucknow
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Sunday (c) kite (d) mango
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) January (c) kite (d) Pune
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Godavari (c) Kaveri (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) ball (c) girl (d) Aditya
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Isha (b) city (c) river (d) garden
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) teacher (c) Friday (d) school
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) June (c) book (d) river
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) Mumbai (d) boy
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) river (c) Delhi (d) Yamuna
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ishaan (b) festival (c) boy (d) mango
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) city (d) Pooja
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) month (d) March
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Chennai (c) city (d) garden
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) month
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) river (c) elephant (d) ball
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) month (d) country
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kenya (c) Ganga (d) ball
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) Kaveri (d) elephant
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) river (c) Vivaan (d) boy
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Godavari (c) garden (d) boy
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) festival
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Holi (c) Japan (d) Kolkata

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