Common and Proper Noun Worksheet

English grammar lesson 1: Common and proper nouns · Set 994 · 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) festival (b) kite (c) March (d) book
2. 2.Fill the gap with a common noun: Eid is a ___. (a) day (b) month (c) country (d) festival
3. 3.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Pongal (c) Mumbai (d) pencil
4. 4.Which word is a common noun? (a) elephant (b) Nepal (c) Delhi (d) India
5. 5.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) Sunday (c) kite (d) river
6. 6.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) school (b) teacher (c) Eid (d) city
7. 7.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Nepal (c) Holi (d) teacher
8. 8.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) girl (b) garden (c) river (d) Pongal
9. 9.Fill the gap with a common noun: January is a ___. (a) country (b) river (c) day (d) month
10. 10.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) festival (b) teacher (c) January (d) boy
11. 11.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) garden (b) book (c) Godavari (d) elephant
12. 12.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) Lucknow (d) train
13. 13.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) train (c) Monday (d) city
14. 14.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) month (b) city (c) elephant (d) Mumbai
15. 15.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) kite (d) Japan
16. 16.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Riya (b) mango (c) boy (d) elephant
17. 17.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) school (d) Sneha
18. 18.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) Diya (d) train
19. 19.Fill the gap with a common noun: Sunday is a ___. (a) city (b) country (c) festival (d) day
20. 20.Fill the gap with a common noun: Lucknow is a ___. (a) river (b) city (c) country (d) month
21. 21.Fill the gap with a common noun: Mumbai is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) festival
22. 22.Fill the gap with a common noun: Holi is a ___. (a) festival (b) month (c) day (d) country
23. 23.Which word is a common noun? (a) Holi (b) Onam (c) river (d) Pongal
24. 24.Which word is a common noun? (a) Chennai (b) March (c) city (d) Sunday
25. 25.Which word is a common noun? (a) Sunday (b) Kenya (c) Yamuna (d) mango
26. 26.Which word is a common noun? (a) Monday (b) Pongal (c) Chennai (d) book
27. 27.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) ball (c) Narmada (d) school
28. 28.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) elephant (b) Myra (c) kite (d) boy
29. 29.Fill the gap with a common noun: Friday is a ___. (a) city (b) river (c) month (d) day
30. 30.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) book (b) boy (c) October (d) elephant
31. 31.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) India (c) Godavari (d) ball
32. 32.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Onam (b) pencil (c) elephant (d) school
33. 33.Which word is a common noun? (a) Kolkata (b) boy (c) Chennai (d) Delhi
34. 34.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) Pune (b) city (c) train (d) boy
35. 35.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) ball (b) kite (c) school (d) Kolkata
36. 36.Which word is a common noun? (a) Narmada (b) Friday (c) Chennai (d) festival
37. 37.Fill the gap with a common noun: Yamuna is a ___. (a) month (b) city (c) day (d) river
38. 38.Fill the gap with a common noun: Delhi is a ___. (a) country (b) day (c) city (d) river
39. 39.Fill the gap with a common noun: Kaveri is a ___. (a) river (b) country (c) day (d) festival
40. 40.Which word is a proper noun (a special name)? (a) kite (b) train (c) Kunal (d) elephant

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