Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 926 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) country
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) book (c) Narmada (d) Kolkata
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) boy (c) month (d) Riya
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) elephant (c) Delhi (d) June
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) festival (c) Friday (d) garden
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) city (c) garden (d) January
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kunal (b) month (c) elephant (d) train
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) girl (d) Pongal
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) book (c) Saanvi (d) festival
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) day
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Delhi (c) teacher (d) Pune
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) mango (c) June (d) elephant
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) river (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Ganga (c) Godavari (d) Eid
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) boy (c) train (d) Tara
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur (c) Diwali (d) school
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Monday (c) month (d) teacher
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Eid (c) Japan (d) Onam
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Kolkata (c) mango (d) teacher
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) Kaveri (d) pencil
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Japan (c) June (d) kite
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Lucknow (c) Ganga (d) March
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) festival (d) Kenya
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Delhi (c) January (d) boy
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Delhi (c) October (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) Ishaan (d) girl
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Aditya (b) city (c) train (d) girl
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) mango (c) Holi (d) Yamuna
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) garden (c) Pongal (d) Mumbai
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) city (c) Pune (d) boy
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) river (d) city
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Farhan (c) school (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Delhi (b) book (c) garden (d) elephant

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