Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 917 · 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) Mumbai (c) train (d) Lucknow
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Japan (c) Ganga (d) Monday
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) Nepal (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) March (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) day
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) river
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) garden (c) March (d) Mumbai
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) March (c) Godavari (d) city
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) month
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) festival (c) month (d) pencil
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Kolkata (c) train (d) ball
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Pune (c) Onam (d) Delhi
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Sunday (c) Kolkata (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) river (c) Holi (d) Monday
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Vivaan (c) river (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) book (c) river (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) Delhi (c) school (d) Kenya
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Zoya (c) month (d) garden
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pongal (c) teacher (d) Chennai
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) country
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diwali (b) girl (c) kite (d) pencil
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) day
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) ball (c) boy (d) January
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Jaipur (c) elephant (d) river
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) day (d) country
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) country
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) country (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) teacher (c) festival (d) Ganga
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) river (c) city (d) school
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) girl (d) Holi
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kabir (b) pencil (c) school (d) girl
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Manav (b) school (c) festival (d) boy

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