Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 976 · 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 common noun? (a) Pune (b) March (c) teacher (d) Kolkata
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) river (d) day
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Kenya (c) Friday (d) month
5. 5.Fill the gap with a common noun: Onam is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) month (d) festival
6. 6.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) day (d) country
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) book (c) Pongal (d) mango
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) month (c) Monday (d) kite
9. 9.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) June (c) Eid (d) kite
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) day (d) festival
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Onam (b) school (c) Pune (d) Narmada
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) January (b) elephant (c) Kolkata (d) Monday
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Arjun (b) month (c) ball (d) girl
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) Omkar (c) girl (d) pencil
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Nepal is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) festival (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) March (c) Friday (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) elephant (c) Nisha (d) teacher
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city
19. 19.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) teacher (c) month (d) Kenya
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) kite (c) mango (d) Nepal
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) river (d) city
22. 22.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) Onam (c) girl (d) Godavari
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Pune (c) Kenya (d) book
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) Karan (c) train (d) ball
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Friday (b) mango (c) boy (d) month
26. 26.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) day
27. 27.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Ganga (c) boy (d) Onam
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) river
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) river (c) city (d) country
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) train (c) festival (d) Myra
31. 31.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) city (d) festival
32. 32.Which word is a common noun? (a) train (b) India (c) Diwali (d) Nepal
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) city (c) Priya (d) month
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) June (c) Mumbai (d) mango
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) city (c) garden (d) Ganga
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) ball (b) Friday (c) January (d) Kenya
37. 37.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Pune (c) kite (d) teacher
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kenya (b) river (c) Narmada (d) June
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) garden (c) Ganga (d) Narmada
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day

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