Exercise 2: Common and Proper Nouns | Practice Test Online

Question 1:  Which of the following is an example of a proper noun?

(A) Country

(B) River

(C) India

(D) Mountain

Question 2:  Identify the proper noun in the following sentence: 'The Taj Mahal is a beautiful monument.'

(A) the

(B) Taj Mahal

(C) is

(D) monument

Question 3:  Choose the common noun in the sentence: 'Sheila bought a new car yesterday.'

(A) Sheila

(B) bought

(C) car

(D) yesterday

Question 4:  Which of the following is a proper noun?

(A) park

(B) city

(C) John

(D) tree

Question 5:  In the sentence 'The dog chased the cat,' which word is a common noun?

(A) The

(B) dog

(C) chased

(D) cat

Question 6:  Which of the following is a proper noun?

(A) teacher

(B) school

(C) Paris

(D) pen

Question 7:  Identify the common noun in this sentence: 'The movie star received an award.'

(A) movie

(B) star

(C) received

(D) award

Question 8:  Which of the following is a proper noun?

(A) country

(B) mountain

(C) Everest

(D) river

Question 9:  Choose the common noun in this sentence: 'My mother prepared dinner for us.'

(A) My

(B) mother

(C) prepared

(D) dinner

Question 10:  Identify the proper noun in the sentence: 'We visited the Eiffel Tower during our trip to France.'

(A) we

(B) visited

(C) Eiffel Tower

(D) trip