This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Nouns > Common And Proper Nouns – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common And Proper Nouns Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which words in this sentence are nouns? Mark and his sister often swim there. A) Mark, sister. B) And, sister. C) His, often. D) Mark, swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark, sister. 2. Martin Luther King Jr was an American Baptist minister and activist born January 15 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. Which date and city/state uses commas correctly? A) January 15 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. B) January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. C) January, 15 1929 in Atlanta; Georgia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. 3. Choose the correct definition of a noun. A) A noun is a word that names only a person and a place. B) A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place or thing. C) A noun is a word that sometimes names a person, animal, place or thing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place or thing. 4. On October 24, 1987, Erin Canning was born. A) Correct!. B) October, 24, 1987. C) October 24, 1987,. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct!. 5. Identify the noun in the sentence AND the type:The child tiptoed very cautiously. A) Cautiously, proper. B) Tiptoed, common. C) Child, common. D) Child, proper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Child, common. 6. Which noun in this sentence names a place? Ms. Patel and her friend enjoy having a picnic on the beach. A) Friend. B) Beach. C) Picnic. D) Ms. Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beach. 7. What are the common nouns in the sentence.Tanner is younger than his brother A) Younger. B) Tanner. C) Than. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brother. 8. Choose the correct capitalization of the following:john f. kennedy A) John F. Kennedy. B) John F. Kennedy. C) John f. kennedy. D) John F. kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John F. Kennedy. 9. What is the common noun in the sentence:The dog swam in Lake Michigan. A) Dog. B) Swam. C) The. D) Lake Michigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 10. Jeremy and i went to los angles, california for two weeks. A) "Jeremy and i went to Los Angles, California for two weeks.". B) "jeremy and I went to Los Angles, California for two weeks.". C) "Jeremy and I went to Los Angles, California for two weeks.". D) "Jeremy and I went to los angles, California for two weeks.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Jeremy and I went to Los Angles, California for two weeks.". 11. Which word is a proper noun? They drove to Ladoga. A) They. B) Drove. C) Ladoga. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ladoga. 12. Jelly and Justin are cousins and they go to the same school. Which of the following word is an example of a COMMON NOUN? A) Jelly. B) Justin. C) School. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) School. 13. We are going to the state park outside of town this friday. A) Delete to. B) Change state park to State Park. C) Change friday to Friday. D) No change should be made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change friday to Friday. 14. What are the Proper Nouns in this sentence? The Salina Central Mustangs are playing football in the high school stadium on Friday. A) Friday, football, high school. B) Stadium, Salina, The, Mustangs, Central. C) The, Salina, Mustangs, Friday, Central. D) Mustangs, Friday, Central, Salina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mustangs, Friday, Central, Salina. 15. Pick out the proper noun:Kolkata is called the' city of joy's. A) The. B) City. C) Kolkata. D) Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kolkata. 16. True or false. Nouns are places, animals, people or things? A) True. B) False. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. How many nouns are in this sentence? The man was a writer. A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 18. What are words that give specific name for person, place, thing and animal? A) Common Nouns. B) Proper Nouns. C) Abstract Nouns. D) Collective Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proper Nouns. 19. It is the generic name for a person, place, thing or event. A) Noun. B) Common Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Proper Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common Noun. 20. Pick out the proper noun:My dog, Jade, is a good dog. A) Dog. B) Jade. C) Good. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jade. 21. Change the following common noun into the correct proper noun:That road is the busiest street in the city. A) Waterway road. B) Waterway Road. C) Waterway road. D) Waterway Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waterway Road. 22. Select the common noun:My students are very enthusiastic. A) Enthusiastic. B) My. C) Students. D) Very. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Students. 23. Which of the following word is a PROPER NOUN for the common noun:shoe? A) Nike. B) Amazon. C) Samsung. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nike. 24. Find the Proper NounIt was built in Chicago in 1884 and rose to a height of ten stories. A) Stories. B) It. C) 1884. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chicago. 25. Ayesha is taking a plane to Pakistan.How many common and proper nouns are there in this sentence. A) 2 proper and 2 common nouns. B) 1 proper and 2 common nouns. C) 2 proper and 1 common noun. D) 1 proper and 1 common noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 proper and 1 common noun. 26. Which word is a proper noun? Christmas is so much fun. A) Christmas. B) Is. C) Fun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christmas. 27. What are the common nouns in this sentence? The students at Bishop Junior use Chromebooks to complete assignments in their classes. A) Chromebooks, Bishop Junior, Central. B) Students, classes, assignments. C) Students, their, assignments, classes. D) Classes, complete, use, students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students, classes, assignments. 28. Read the sentence.Mr. Baker Man talked on the phone.Select the common noun in the sentence. A) Talked. B) Baker. C) Phone. D) Mr. Baker Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phone. 29. Which of these are a proper noun and needs to be capitalized? A) April. B) Summertime. C) Atlas. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April. 30. Pasay City is an example of ..... A) Noun. B) Proper Noun. C) Common Noun. D) None of above. 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