This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Nouns > Common And Proper Nouns – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common And Proper Nouns Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word should be capitalized in this sentence? My cousin max has a really cool new bike. A) Max. B) Bike. C) None of the words should be capitalized. D) Cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Max. 2. Answer true or false. When you write a proper noun you need to use a capital letter? A) True. B) False. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. We saw a pack of wolves A) Common noun. B) Proper noun. C) Collective noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collective noun. 4. Which word is a proper noun? We can go on Tuesday. A) We. B) Tuesday. C) Go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuesday. 5. Choose the correct way to write this doctor's name:dr. fife A) Dr. Fife. B) Dr. fife. C) Dr. Fife. D) Dr. fife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. Fife. 6. The *civil war* period was fascinating. A) Civil war. B) Civil War. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civil War. 7. Which noun in this sentence names a place? Sara and her brother went to Jeddah to see a football game. A) Brother. B) Hockey. C) Anna. D) Jeddah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeddah. 8. Pick out the common nouns:The aquarium looked beautiful. A) Beautiful. B) The. C) Aquarium. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquarium. 9. Which noun in this sentence names a place? Kim and her friend enjoy having a picnic on the beach. A) Picnic. B) Kim. C) Friend. D) Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beach. 10. What is the common noun of Superman A) Toothpase. B) Hero. C) Part of the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hero. 11. The grade8 class is taking a school trip to the *Kruger National Park*. A) Kruger National park. B) Kruger national park. C) Correct as is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kruger national park. 12. How should this sentence be changed? My library book was written by Marc brown. A) Change Marc to marc. B) Change brown to Brown. C) Change My to my. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change brown to Brown. 13. Juan plays with his ball. What is the common noun? A) Juan. B) Ball. C) Plays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball. 14. Which of these are proper nouns? A) Twix. B) Olive Garden. C) Philadelphia Flyers. D) All of the answer choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answer choices. 15. Answer true or false. When you write a common noun, you have to use a capital letter? A) True. B) False. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. How many proper nouns are in these sentences? My favorite game on my PS3 is Little Big Planet. It's such a fun game where you can play with other people. I met my friend Jo on that game. Some people like playing XBOX games. On XBOX I like to play racing games. A) 8. B) 7. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 17. Which noun in this sentence names a person? One day Meera saw a frog and turtle. A) Frog. B) Day. C) Turtle. D) Meera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meera. 18. The tall boy with brown hair went to the game with his friend from school. What are the common nouns? A) Went. B) Tall, brown. C) Boy, game, school, hair. D) With, to, from. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boy, game, school, hair. 19. . A ..... noun is the name of a specific person, place or thing. A) Proper. B) Pronoun. C) Common. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proper. 20. Choose the correct way to write the name of this lake:nolan lake A) Nolan Lake. B) Nolan Lake. C) Nolan lake. D) Nolan lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nolan Lake. 21. Which noun in this sentence names a person? Fahad likes to play basketball at the park. A) Basketball. B) Fahad. C) Park. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fahad. 22. The name Mrs. Jones is a ..... noun? A) Plural. B) Place. C) Proper. D) Common. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plural. 23. My mother was born on July 6 1961 in Houston Texas. Which sentence uses the commas correctly A) July, 6 1961, in Houston Texas. B) July; 6, 1961 in Houston; Texas. C) July 6, 1961 in Houston, Texas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) July 6, 1961 in Houston, Texas. 24. What is the common noun in this sentence:Our dog cried loudly. A) Dog. B) Our. C) Loudly. D) Cried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 25. Nimfa was sick all week. Which word is a common noun? A) All. B) Nimfa. C) Was. D) Week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Week. 26. Which word should be capitalized because it's a proper noun? A) Georgia tech. B) Football. C) Cheerleaders. D) Team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Georgia tech. 27. What is the COMMON noun in the following sentence:Bill and Sue watched a parade. A) Watched. B) Parade. C) Bill. D) Sue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parade. 28. Which is the common noun:Please come visit my house soon A) House. B) Soon. C) Visit. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) House. 29. Which noun in this sentence names a person? One day Jack saw a frog and turtle. A) Day. B) Frog. C) Jack. D) Turtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack. 30. What is the proper noun in this sentence? My father wants to take the dog to get its shots at Dr. Badger's office. A) Shots. B) Dr. Badger. C) Dog. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Badger. 31. Replace the underlined common noun fragment with a proper noun.The boy flew up to the clouds. A) The ball. B) The boy. C) William. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William. 32. Teacher Laika lives in an apartment on St. Mary's Subdivision. Are there proper nouns in the sentence? A) Maybe. B) No. C) I don't know. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 33. The baseball game was at the stadium. What are the common nouns A) Was. B) At. C) The. D) Game, stadium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Game, stadium. 34. How should this sentence be changed? We visited Topeka, kansas. A) Change We to we. B) Change Topeka to topeka. C) Change kansas to Kansas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change kansas to Kansas. 35. ....., could we please stop by ..... tonight for .....? A) Mom; Target; Candy. B) Mom; Target; candy. C) Mom; Target; candy. D) Mom; target; candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mom; Target; candy. 36. I think *aunt Anita* made scones for my lunchbox last night. A) Aunt Anita. B) Aunt anita. C) Correct as it is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct as it is. 37. Which is a proper noun? A) Store. B) Road. C) Green Street. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green Street. 38. The following are all examples of proper noun EXCEPT ..... A) SM Mall of Asia. B) Shoppee. C) Computer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Computer. 39. Select a common noun:Mr. Myers is my teacher. A) My. B) Mr. Myers. C) Is. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teacher. 40. Which is the correct plural form of the noun class? A) Classs. B) Class's. C) Classes. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classes. 41. The play "Hamilton" first appeared on Broadway on February 17 2015. A) February 17; 2015. B) February 17, 2015. C) February, 17 2015. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) February 17, 2015. 42. The car stopped quickly. In this sentence which word is the common noun? A) Quickly. B) Stopped. C) Car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Car. 43. Which of the following pairs is an example of proper and common noun? A) Bell-Peter. B) Market-school. C) John-dog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John-dog. 44. A ..... noun does not name a specific person, place or thing. A) Proper. B) Common. C) Noun. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common. 45. You live in Adrian Missouri. A) You live in Adrian Missouri. B) You live, in Adrian Missouri. C) You live in, Adrian Missouri. D) You live in Adrian, Missouri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You live in Adrian, Missouri. 46. What's the correct plural form of penny? A) Pennys. B) Pennyes. C) Penny. D) Pennies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pennies. 47. Sally will buy a new shoes on Saturday. Which word is a common noun? A) Sally. B) Saturday. C) Shoes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shoes. 48. What is a common noun for Jupiter? A) Earth. B) Moon. C) Space. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planet. 49. The word "pencil" is a .....? A) Common Noun. B) None of the above. C) Proper Noun. D) A tool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common Noun. 50. Replace the underlined common noun fragment with a proper noun.I will go to the park and pretend to be a superhero. A) Sleep. B) The Old Orchard Park. C) The park. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Old Orchard Park. 51. What is a proper noun for city? A) Place. B) Town. C) New York City. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New York City. 52. During spring break, we visited the white house, the jefferson memorial, and the tomb of the unknowns in washington, d.c. A) Spring, White House, Jefferson Memorial, Tomb, Unknowns, Washington, D.C. B) White House, Jefferson, Unknowns, Washington, D.C. C) White House, Jefferson Memorial, Tomb, Unknowns, Washington, D.C. D) White House, Jefferson Memorial, Tomb, Washington, D.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White House, Jefferson Memorial, Tomb, Unknowns, Washington, D.C. 53. What words should be capitalized:Did you see mr. shin visit the dog in october? A) Mr. Shin, visit. B) Did, see. C) Mr. Shin, October. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Shin, October. 54. What is the proper noun of animals? A) Legs, Arms, and Head. B) Bear, Wolves, and Birds. C) Pencils, Sharpeners, and Bracelets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bear, Wolves, and Birds. 55. How many common nouns are in the following sentence? The big blue bug bleeds blue blood. A) 1. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 56. Choose the correct capitalization of the following place:atlanta, georgia A) Atlanta, Georgia. B) Atlanta, georgia. C) Atlanta, georgia. D) Atlanta, Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atlanta, Georgia. 57. Which of the following sentences is capitalized correctly? A) My aunt Melanie loves to visit Austin, Texas. B) My Aunt Melanie loves to visit austin, Texas. C) My Aunt Melanie loves to visit Austin, Texas. D) My aunt melanie loves to visit Austin, Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My Aunt Melanie loves to visit Austin, Texas. 58. Which word should not be capitalized in this sentence? -Beth sat up in the Hospital bed while her mom adjusted the TV. A) Hospital. B) TV. C) Beth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hospital. 59. Identify the noun in the sentence AND the type:New York City is enormous. A) Enormous, common. B) New York City, proper. C) Enormous, proper. D) New York City, common. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York City, proper. 60. You can tell whether words are proper nouns because A) They do not have a capital letter. B) They refer to a particular person, place or idea. C) They are general. D) D) They denote a class of people, places, or ideas. 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