Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 939 · 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) school (b) January (c) Pune (d) Onam
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Friday (c) Lucknow (d) city
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Yamuna (c) Sunday (d) kite
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) school (c) festival (d) Chennai
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) March (c) month (d) Japan
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) festival (d) day
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Pune (c) river (d) boy
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) city
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) boy (d) Kaveri
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Ganga (c) Chennai (d) train
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) river
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) day
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) festival (d) day
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) elephant (d) Jaipur
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) garden (c) Lucknow (d) Japan
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Diwali (c) festival (d) Kolkata
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) Chennai (c) river (d) Yamuna
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) boy (c) Neel (d) garden
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) pencil (d) Sunday
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Lucknow (c) ball (d) teacher
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Pune (c) Onam (d) pencil
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Ganga (c) Nepal (d) teacher
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) city (c) boy (d) elephant
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Kolkata (c) boy (d) January
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) month
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) ball (c) school (d) Holi
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) boy (d) October
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) mango (b) Ganga (c) Lucknow (d) Pune
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Japan (c) kite (d) train
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) mango (d) Tara
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Manav (c) river (d) teacher
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Nepal (c) festival (d) city
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) river
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) day (d) river

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