Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 951 · 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: Yamuna is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) school (b) Diwali (c) Kolkata (d) Kaveri
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) teacher (c) city (d) pencil
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) city (d) day
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) month (c) Arjun (d) festival
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Kaveri (c) Kolkata (d) Delhi
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Jaipur (c) Mumbai (d) train
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Lucknow (c) month (d) book
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) October (c) festival (d) Jaipur
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) day
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) pencil (d) Kolkata
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Mumbai (c) pencil (d) Delhi
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) March (c) boy (d) Diwali
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) festival (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) city (c) boy (d) Omkar
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) city
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) Mumbai (c) elephant (d) Godavari
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) Delhi (d) boy
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) elephant (c) Aarav (d) garden
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) Onam (c) elephant (d) month
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) festival (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) Mumbai (c) month (d) mango
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) ball (c) elephant (d) October
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Kenya (c) mango (d) festival
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) Kenya (d) city
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) river (b) day (c) city (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Kenya (c) Diwali (d) garden
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) March (b) Monday (c) kite (d) Kolkata
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Pongal (c) kite (d) school
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Sunday (c) June (d) teacher
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) mango (c) Lucknow (d) Kenya
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) India (c) festival (d) mango
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) festival
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Eid (b) Pune (c) book (d) October
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) river

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