Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 947 · 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) March (b) kite (c) January (d) Pongal
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) October (d) train
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Eid (c) Kaveri (d) garden
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) festival (c) January (d) mango
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) festival
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) festival (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) book (d) Isha
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) kite (c) train (d) book
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Nisha (c) pencil (d) girl
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Lucknow (c) Narmada (d) June
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) month (b) country (c) festival (d) day
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) day
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Lucknow (c) train (d) pencil
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) ball (c) Diwali (d) elephant
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Pune (c) Yamuna (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) Monday
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) teacher
18. 18.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) January (c) Eid (d) train
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Onam (c) mango (d) March
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) India (b) festival (c) Sunday (d) Delhi
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Monday (c) month (d) girl
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) Sunday (c) Jaipur (d) month
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) country
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) river (d) month
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Nepal (c) mango (d) teacher
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) river (d) month
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Omkar (c) teacher (d) girl
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Pune (c) teacher (d) Godavari
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) river
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Kabir (c) month (d) train
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) city (c) Pune (d) Japan
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) school (c) Sunday (d) boy
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) train (d) Pune
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) country (d) month
39. 39.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Eid (c) ball (d) girl
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) Ishaan (d) festival

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