A common noun is the general name of a person, place or thing (girl, city, festival). A proper noun is the special name of one particular person, place or thing, and it always begins with a capital letter (Meena, Pune, Holi). Days, months and festivals are proper nouns too. The answer key is at the end.
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Common and Proper Nouns Worksheet with Answers
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A. Common or proper?
Write C for a common noun and P for a proper noun.
- Kerala
- doctor
- Holi
- mountain
- Arjun
- bridge
- Sunday
- Mumbai
- market
- Pongal
- lake
- April
B. Find the proper noun
Each sentence has one proper noun. Write it.
- Meena visited her aunt last week.
- We travelled to Goa by train.
- We saw a film about Shivaji.
- Our class visited Mysore last month.
- Our teacher reads the Ramayana to us.
C. Add capital letters
Rewrite each sentence with capital letters where they are needed.
- ravi lives in chennai.
- we celebrate pongal in january.
- the river godavari is in india.
- priya visited agra in december.
- my friend sameer speaks hindi.
D. Choose the correct word
Circle the correct form in brackets.
- She is the (Doctor / doctor) who treated me.
- Ravi's (Birthday / birthday) is in May.
- Our school is in (Nashik / nashik).
- I like (Mangoes / mangoes) more than apples.
- We go to the (Library / library) on Fridays.
Answer Key
A. Common or proper?
- P
- C
- P
- C
- P
- C
- P
- P
- C
- P
- C
- P
B. Find the proper noun
- Meena
- Goa
- Shivaji
- Mysore
- Ramayana
C. Add capital letters
- Ravi lives in Chennai.
- We celebrate Pongal in January.
- The river Godavari is in India.
- Priya visited Agra in December.
- My friend Sameer speaks Hindi.
D. Choose the correct word
- doctor
- birthday
- Nashik
- mangoes
- library