Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 966 · 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: Pune is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) river (d) month
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) ball (c) Japan (d) Monday
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) mango (c) kite (d) Diwali
4. 4.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) river (c) festival (d) ball
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Aisha (c) garden (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) river (d) country
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) river
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) January (c) Lucknow (d) Onam
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Kaveri (c) Japan (d) Delhi
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) festival
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kenya (b) kite (c) school (d) ball
13. 13.Which word is a common noun? (a) Godavari (b) Jaipur (c) Kolkata (d) river
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) January (c) kite (d) teacher
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) day (d) country
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) boy (c) festival (d) Nepal
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) city
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) month (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) June (b) month (c) city (d) book
20. 20.Which word is a common noun? (a) kite (b) Pongal (c) Delhi (d) Holi
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Holi (c) Kolkata (d) mango
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) Kolkata (d) pencil
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Friday (c) boy (d) Chennai
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) Kaveri (d) month
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) October (d) train
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) river
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) girl (d) Vivaan
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) Ganga (c) Nepal (d) teacher
29. 29.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Narmada (c) Jaipur (d) Mumbai
30. 30.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Narmada (c) school (d) Yamuna
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Yamuna (c) Pongal (d) city
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Lucknow (c) girl (d) kite
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Eid (b) school (c) boy (d) book
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) kite (c) train (d) boy
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) garden (c) Diwali (d) Narmada
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) Kavya
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) day (d) river
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) month (d) day
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) ball (c) girl (d) kite

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