Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 981 · 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) month (b) river (c) day (d) city
2. 2.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pongal (c) city (d) Godavari
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) ball (c) Kenya (d) Ganga
4. 4.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) train (c) Eid (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a common noun? (a) Delhi (b) Godavari (c) garden (d) Holi
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kaveri (b) Kolkata (c) Pune (d) elephant
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) January (c) Kenya (d) June
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Nisha (c) girl (d) month
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pune is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a common noun? (a) Yamuna (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) boy
11. 11.Fill the gap with a common noun: March is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) month (d) festival
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) river (d) country
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) day (d) festival
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) festival (c) pencil (d) kite
15. 15.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) festival (c) Aarav (d) pencil
16. 16.Which word is a common noun? (a) festival (b) October (c) Lucknow (d) March
17. 17.Fill the gap with a common noun: Jaipur is a ___. (a) day (b) festival (c) city (d) country
18. 18.Fill the gap with a common noun: Monday is a ___. (a) day (b) country (c) city (d) festival
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Lucknow (b) Delhi (c) Japan (d) mango
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) month (b) day (c) country (d) city
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) country
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) boy (c) Delhi (d) pencil
23. 23.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) city (c) train (d) October
24. 24.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kenya is a ___. (a) day (b) city (c) country (d) festival
25. 25.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Godavari (b) teacher (c) kite (d) mango
26. 26.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) book (c) pencil (d) Mumbai
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) school (c) Meera (d) kite
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: Diwali is a ___. (a) festival (b) day (c) river (d) country
29. 29.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Yamuna (b) train (c) mango (d) boy
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Kavya (b) month (c) boy (d) train
31. 31.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) January (b) boy (c) book (d) kite
32. 32.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) city (d) river
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Jaipur (b) train (c) Mumbai (d) Kenya
34. 34.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) river (d) day
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Narmada (b) train (c) month (d) school
36. 36.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) river (b) kite (c) ball (d) Manav
37. 37.Which word is a common noun? (a) Mumbai (b) Kaveri (c) Delhi (d) school
38. 38.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) month (c) Sunday (d) festival
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Ganga is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) day
40. 40.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) pencil (c) Onam (d) Yamuna

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