Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 962 · 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) boy (b) Pune (c) book (d) girl
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) elephant (c) Sneha (d) mango
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Kaveri (c) elephant (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) mango (c) Diwali (d) Mumbai
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) June (c) Diwali (d) girl
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) garden (c) Narmada (d) January
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Mumbai (c) Sunday (d) Monday
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Diya (b) train (c) ball (d) book
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) festival (c) Yash (d) pencil
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) Jaipur (d) book
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) festival (d) Lucknow
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) month (d) river
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) festival (d) country
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) Eid (c) book (d) month
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) kite (d) Chennai
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) month (d) festival
21. 21.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) mango (c) Myra (d) elephant
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Lucknow (c) teacher (d) Nepal
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Diwali (c) river (d) Chennai
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) boy (b) Kenya (c) Pongal (d) Kaveri
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) boy (c) city (d) Delhi
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) city (c) Friday (d) train
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Yamuna (c) Kenya (d) elephant
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Omkar (c) book (d) garden
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) day (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) Delhi (c) Narmada (d) Jaipur
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) month
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Godavari is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) city (d) country
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) day (d) country
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) river (c) city (d) Lucknow
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) school (c) Nepal (d) teacher
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) month (d) India
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) river (d) month
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) June (c) March (d) city

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