Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 989 · 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: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) river (d) festival
2. 2.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) month (c) ball (d) garden
3. 3.Fill the gap with a common noun: India is a ___. (a) river (b) festival (c) month (d) country
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) Nepal (b) India (c) Ganga (d) festival
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) festival (c) Kenya (d) pencil
6. 6.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Japan (c) Eid (d) mango
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) India (c) Yamuna (d) ball
8. 8.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Holi (c) Japan (d) Kenya
9. 9.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) Ganga (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) city (b) ball (c) Riya (d) elephant
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) train (b) Holi (c) city (d) month
12. 12.Fill the gap with a common noun: June is a ___. (a) country (b) month (c) city (d) festival
13. 13.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) city (c) month (d) day
14. 14.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) festival (b) river (c) day (d) country
15. 15.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kolkata is a ___. (a) city (b) festival (c) country (d) month
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Kunal (c) ball (d) pencil
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) month (c) festival (d) Aditya
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) girl (c) book (d) Narmada
19. 19.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) Kaveri (d) India
20. 20.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) Saanvi (c) garden (d) city
21. 21.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Eid (c) school (d) Nepal
22. 22.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Nepal (b) girl (c) month (d) river
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Pongal (b) city (c) Narmada (d) Jaipur
24. 24.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) Aisha (c) garden (d) month
25. 25.Fill the gap with a common noun: Pongal is a ___. (a) city (b) month (c) river (d) festival
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Japan (b) garden (c) Kaveri (d) Sunday
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) ball (c) Delhi (d) book
28. 28.Fill the gap with a common noun: October is a ___. (a) festival (b) country (c) month (d) day
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) day (b) river (c) month (d) city
30. 30.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) river (b) month (c) day (d) festival
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) book (b) Lucknow (c) Delhi (d) Monday
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) boy (b) book (c) Jaipur (d) mango
33. 33.Fill the gap with a common noun: Narmada is a ___. (a) city (b) day (c) river (d) festival
34. 34.Which word is a common noun? (a) Ganga (b) Jaipur (c) Lucknow (d) river
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) Kolkata (c) boy (d) book
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) month (b) Delhi (c) June (d) Pongal
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) city (d) festival
38. 38.Which word is a common noun? (a) October (b) Friday (c) teacher (d) Jaipur
39. 39.Which word is a common noun? (a) Friday (b) Pune (c) train (d) Lucknow
40. 40.Fill the gap with a common noun: Chennai is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) river (d) city

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