Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 945 · 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) girl (b) teacher (c) Farhan (d) pencil
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Pune (c) ball (d) Delhi
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Lucknow (c) ball (d) train
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Neel (c) mango (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) March (c) garden (d) Chennai
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) river (d) month
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Onam (c) Japan (d) Ganga
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Tara (c) kite (d) ball
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) Monday (c) Diwali (d) mango
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Delhi (c) train (d) Mumbai
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) book (c) school (d) Delhi
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Kunal (c) ball (d) month
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) river (d) festival
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) city (d) Isha
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) month
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) city
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) country (d) festival
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) river
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) city
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Pongal (c) book (d) city
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) mango (d) Onam
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Lucknow (c) March (d) kite
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) October (c) Holi (d) teacher
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Pongal (c) Friday (d) June
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) January (c) Lucknow (d) Narmada
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) Kolkata (c) Jaipur (d) Sunday
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) river (c) Arjun (d) month
35. 35.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Holi (c) Kolkata (d) Mumbai
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Diya (c) kite (d) boy
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Mumbai (c) boy (d) elephant
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) girl (b) Kenya (c) Friday (d) Pune
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Kenya (c) mango (d) boy
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) month (c) Eid (d) Sunday

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