Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 948 · 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.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) month
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) Kolkata (c) city (d) elephant
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Monday (c) Pune (d) Narmada
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Sunday (c) Eid (d) Mumbai
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) kite (c) school (d) Holi
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) teacher (c) Mumbai (d) Monday
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) India (c) garden (d) city
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) city
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) teacher (c) city (d) Lucknow
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Mumbai (c) city (d) garden
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) country (d) city
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) mango (c) Kenya (d) month
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) month (d) country
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Mumbai (c) garden (d) Sunday
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) ball (c) festival (d) Tara
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Ananya (c) book (d) elephant
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Nisha (c) teacher (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) June (c) Eid (d) boy
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) Monday (d) garden
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Japan (b) month (c) kite (d) river
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Chennai (c) Kaveri (d) festival
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) month (c) Jaipur (d) mango
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) elephant (c) Diya (d) river
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Godavari (c) boy (d) train
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) Rohan (c) pencil (d) book
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) Mumbai (c) mango (d) Ganga
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Narmada (c) Kolkata (d) ball
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) girl (c) Ganga (d) train
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Holi (c) Nepal (d) city
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) month (c) girl (d) city
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) garden (c) Yamuna (d) teacher
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Pune (c) pencil (d) book
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) festival
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) city (d) river
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) month (d) river
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) month (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) festival (d) city
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) festival (d) month

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