Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 970 · 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) school (b) Onam (c) kite (d) teacher
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) girl (c) Monday (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) girl (c) Yamuna (d) river
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pune (b) girl (c) Holi (d) Godavari
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) school (c) city (d) elephant
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) Pongal (c) river (d) Ganga
7. 7.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) river
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) country (d) day
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) festival (c) school (d) Friday
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) festival (d) city
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) pencil (b) Diwali (c) Ganga (d) Nepal
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Lucknow (c) Pune (d) festival
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) Aarav (c) river (d) kite
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) city (d) country
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
16. 16.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) month (d) day
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) festival (c) Jaipur (d) girl
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) school (c) Japan (d) festival
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) girl (c) month (d) Narmada
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) month
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) month (d) day
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) ball (c) Monday (d) Pune
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) June (c) month (d) teacher
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) Sneha (c) kite (d) boy
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) day (d) month
28. 28.Which word is a common noun? (a) garden (b) Nepal (c) Ganga (d) Kenya
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) country (b) festival (c) river (d) city
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) festival (d) country
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Mumbai (b) kite (c) train (d) book
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) Jaipur (c) elephant (d) Sunday
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) June (c) Pongal (d) Diwali
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) month (d) river
36. 36.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) country (d) city
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) kite (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) school (c) January (d) Sunday
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) train (c) Ganga (d) Monday

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