Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 980 · 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) day (b) city (c) month (d) river
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) January (c) March (d) book
3. 3.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) pencil (b) school (c) Lucknow (d) book
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) kite (c) Ganga (d) elephant
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) book (d) Kabir
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) city (b) Narmada (c) Onam (d) Pune
7. 7.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) school (c) June (d) month
8. 8.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) country
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) month (c) Pune (d) elephant
10. 10.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) festival (d) country
11. 11.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) June (c) Jaipur (d) kite
12. 12.Which word is a common noun? (a) Diwali (b) mango (c) June (d) Pune
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) city
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) month
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) October (d) river
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Aisha (c) ball (d) festival
17. 17.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) Yamuna (c) boy (d) Lucknow
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) January
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Isha (b) school (c) month (d) teacher
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Yamuna (c) Mumbai (d) month
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) country
23. 23.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) festival (b) city (c) month (d) river
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) elephant (d) Kenya
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) city (d) river
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Priya (c) girl (d) book
27. 27.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) city (d) month
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) country (d) day
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) Delhi (c) book (d) river
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) March (b) pencil (c) girl (d) boy
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Chennai (c) pencil (d) Jaipur
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pongal (b) river (c) teacher (d) pencil
33. 33.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) river (c) Vivaan (d) garden
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) teacher (b) India (c) Pongal (d) March
35. 35.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) city
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) girl (c) Holi (d) teacher
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Japan is a ___. (a) month (b) festival (c) city (d) country
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) train (c) Jaipur (d) Delhi
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) festival (d) country
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) mango (c) pencil (d) book

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