Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 937 · 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 proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) ball (c) elephant (d) mango
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) country
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Ganga (c) school (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) pencil (c) Chennai (d) boy
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) pencil (c) Ganga (d) Onam
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Lucknow (c) girl (d) Delhi
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Ganga (c) Eid (d) ball
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) festival (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) India (c) Ganga (d) January
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Nepal (c) elephant (d) garden
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) school (c) Monday (d) January
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) school (d) Saanvi
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) elephant (c) Diwali (d) March
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) city (c) Pongal (d) Godavari
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) month (c) Delhi (d) Kolkata
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) Japan (d) book
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) city (c) Isha (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Lucknow (c) garden (d) Kaveri
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) garden (c) elephant (d) Kenya
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) city
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai (c) train (d) June
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) pencil (c) garden (d) March
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Sneha (c) river (d) festival
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) June (c) Mumbai (d) book
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Jaipur (c) teacher (d) Onam
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) month
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) month
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Mumbai (c) ball (d) book
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) month (c) Yamuna (d) ball
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) month (c) book (d) mango
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) elephant (c) school (d) Friday
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Pune (c) mango (d) ball

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