Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 930 · 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) Pune (b) month (c) October (d) Chennai
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) school (c) Delhi (d) elephant
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Riya (c) school (d) train
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) festival (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Eid (c) Godavari (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Sunday (c) Holi (d) city
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) country (d) river
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) ball (d) Pune
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) train (c) Lucknow (d) India
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Kenya (c) boy (d) India
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) city
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Eid (c) Ganga (d) teacher
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Ganga (b) month (c) boy (d) school
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) school (c) Nepal (d) river
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) garden (c) Mumbai (d) teacher
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) Kenya (d) ball
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) school (d) Diwali
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) festival (c) March (d) India
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) book (c) Kaveri (d) boy
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) city (c) Jaipur (d) girl
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Narmada (c) kite (d) Onam
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) Diwali (d) month
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) month
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) river
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) ball (c) Pongal (d) train
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) pencil (c) Chennai (d) Ganga
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) city
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) festival (c) city (d) kite
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) day
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) river (c) January (d) festival
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Holi (b) festival (c) elephant (d) pencil
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) girl (c) March (d) Narmada
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) pencil (c) festival (d) Narmada
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Holi (c) Sunday (d) Monday

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