Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 919 · 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) festival (b) Kolkata (c) Yamuna (d) Chennai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) festival (d) Pongal
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Lucknow (c) garden (d) October
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Jaipur (c) Narmada (d) river
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) January (c) ball (d) Friday
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Narmada (c) pencil (d) kite
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) city (d) Kenya
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) school (c) Kolkata (d) boy
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) month
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) river (c) Jaipur (d) city
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ira (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) city
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pongal (c) elephant (d) Jaipur
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) country
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) river (c) teacher (d) Godavari
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) elephant (c) kite (d) month
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Onam (c) Eid (d) city
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) river
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) October (c) month (d) India
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) Kaveri (d) kite
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) kite (c) city (d) ball
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) festival (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Ganga (c) teacher (d) school
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) boy (c) Priya (d) elephant
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Monday (b) month (c) book (d) boy
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) river
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) country (d) month
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) country
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) book (d) Dev
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Jaipur (c) India (d) kite
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) festival (c) girl (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) pencil (c) Pune (d) Ganga

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