Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 944 · 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) Mumbai (b) Sunday (c) March (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) ball (c) garden (d) Jaipur
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) festival
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) pencil (c) Nepal (d) Yamuna
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Arjun (c) kite (d) city
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) boy (c) Mumbai (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Yamuna (c) boy (d) Sunday
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) March (c) mango (d) train
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) mango (c) Lucknow (d) river
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Chennai (c) ball (d) teacher
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) boy (c) Neel (d) book
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) girl (d) Ishaan
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) school (d) Saanvi
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Meera (c) city (d) elephant
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) teacher (c) Holi (d) Ganga
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) train (c) Nepal (d) Delhi
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Narmada (c) boy (d) train
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) girl (c) March (d) January
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) June (b) Mumbai (c) January (d) river
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) day (d) country
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) city (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Delhi (c) ball (d) Kenya
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Jaipur (c) Yamuna (d) festival
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) country
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) ball (d) October
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) country (d) city
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Pongal (c) kite (d) Japan
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) garden (c) Diwali (d) Monday
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Pongal (c) book (d) Yamuna
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) teacher (d) Yamuna
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) October (c) Kolkata (d) school
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) day
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) elephant (c) Onam (d) Chennai
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) country (d) festival
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) day
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) country (d) city

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