Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 914 · 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) Yamuna (b) garden (c) Pongal (d) India
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Delhi (c) mango (d) Chennai
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) boy (c) book (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Japan (c) ball (d) month
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Nepal (c) river (d) Sunday
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Yamuna (c) kite (d) Pongal
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) Chennai (d) elephant
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) ball (c) train (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Ganga (c) city (d) June
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Narmada (c) Kenya (d) Chennai
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Nepal (c) river (d) pencil
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) kite (c) Saanvi (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) elephant (c) mango (d) garden
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) day
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) Holi (c) Godavari (d) train
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Pongal (c) teacher (d) Mumbai
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) festival (c) India (d) Japan
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) festival
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Sunday (c) elephant (d) Nepal
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) girl (c) January (d) Nepal
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Onam (c) festival (d) girl
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) train (c) month (d) elephant
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) school (c) March (d) Nepal
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) Delhi (d) ball
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) city
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) Sunday
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) Yash
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Rohan (d) festival

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