Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 927 · 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) Chennai (b) kite (c) Friday (d) Ganga
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Kenya (c) book (d) school
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) river (d) day
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) pencil (c) Pongal (d) Onam
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) Nepal (d) city
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) festival (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) girl (d) Eid
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Delhi (c) Holi (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) India (c) Ganga (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) pencil (c) girl (d) city
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Jaipur (c) city (d) Onam
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Monday (c) mango (d) girl
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) girl (c) Onam (d) Ganga
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) festival (c) river (d) India
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kolkata (c) Pongal (d) boy
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) day
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Friday (c) India (d) mango
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Onam (c) elephant (d) kite
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) teacher (d) Godavari
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) kite (d) Saanvi
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Yamuna (c) train (d) pencil
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) festival (c) river (d) Mumbai
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) country (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) book (d) Diwali
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Friday (c) city (d) festival
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) month
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) elephant (c) festival (d) teacher
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kolkata (b) month (c) garden (d) city
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) city (d) festival
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Neel (b) festival (c) train (d) river
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Nepal (c) garden (d) Kenya
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Narmada (c) Kenya (d) elephant
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) book (d) Ganga

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