Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 915 · 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) June (b) month (c) Godavari (d) Mumbai
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Ganga (c) Lucknow (d) mango
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Meera (b) month (c) train (d) school
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) March (c) teacher (d) Godavari
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) teacher (c) ball (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Lucknow (c) boy (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Godavari (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) boy (c) June (d) Mumbai
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) mango (d) January
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Karan (c) teacher (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Narmada (c) Yamuna (d) Pune
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) ball (c) pencil (d) school
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) boy (c) garden (d) Omkar
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) June (d) boy
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) March (c) Jaipur (d) elephant
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) book (d) Arjun
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) river (c) Farhan (d) mango
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yash (b) month (c) girl (d) pencil
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) city (d) Diwali
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Pune (c) kite (d) Godavari
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) country
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kenya (c) festival (d) Japan
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) girl (c) elephant (d) Kabir
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Pongal (c) book (d) Monday
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) teacher (c) train (d) Kaveri
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) country
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) train (c) Friday (d) kite
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) Sneha (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Pune (c) boy (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) river (c) Nepal (d) train
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Delhi (c) river (d) Narmada

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