Noun - Common Noun and Proper Noun

What are Nouns?

  • Nouns are the words that names people, place, animal and things.
  •  Around us we see so many things.
  • Everything that we see has some name.
  • Example: computer, blackboard, chalk, book, teacher etc.

Noun - Common Noun and Proper Noun

Common Noun

  • Common nouns are the general or generic name of person, place, animal and things.
  • Example: tree, man, mountain, box etc.
  • Common noun is only capitalized if it is part of a title or it is used in the beginning of sentence.

Proper Noun


  • Proper nouns are the specific or particular name of person, place, animal and things.
  • Example: Dia, Mt. Everest, Delhi etc.
  •  Proper noun is always capitalized.
Let’s notice the difference in the below table:

 Common Noun
Proper Noun
        jeans
    Denim
        river
    Ganga
      country
      India

  • Common noun refers to things in general where as Proper Noun refers to a specific thing.
  • Example : in the above table , first row is of jeans. When we say jeans ( it can be any jeans of any size , brand or color) but when we say Denim ( it refers to jeans which is of only Denim Brand). So jeans - Common Noun, Denim - Proper Noun.

Practice Exercise

Q1)Write one proper noun for each of the given common nouns.

mountain
______________________

river
______________________

chocolate
______________________

shoes
______________________

pencil
______________________

Q2.Complete the sentence using common noun from the box.

bag, guitar, country, friends, window, rope

John plays the ________ very well.

Look out of the______________!

My __________ is very heavy.

There is a _____________ behind you.

Which _______________ would you like to visit?

Aditya, Raju and Ramesh are my_____________.

Q3.Complete the sentence using proper noun.

_____________ is an honest girl.

She grew up in ___________________.

_________________ is a festival of lights.

_________________ plays guitar.

_________________ is my best friend.

Q4)Is the highlighted word in the sentence a common noun or a proper noun?

· My friend grew up in a small town. _____________________

· My aunt shifted to Kanpur. _____________________

· My grandparents live in Bihar. _____________________

· The last game of this series was very interesting.__________

· I have two dogs. _____________________

· We live in Ghaziabad. _____________________

· Did Rita win the prize? _____________________

· The teacher punished the mischievous boy. ______________

Q5. Underline the common noun and circle the proper noun in each sentence.

· Rita went to the market to buy vegetables.

· Ayush left his cricket kit at my house.

· My brother is a well-known dentist.

· My aunt is a nice lady.

· Mr Stilton is a good writer.

· Akbar was a great emperor.

· This road is very narrow.