Punctuation Worksheet

English grammar lesson 10: Capital letters and punctuation · Set 579 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Capitals, marks, apostrophes): Capital letters: the first word of a sentence, the word I, and every proper noun (Jaipur, Monday, Diwali). End marks: ? after a question, . after a telling sentence, ! after “What a …!” or “How …!”. Apostrophes: in short forms, where letters are left out (do not → don’t); and to show who owns something (Riya’s bag).

1. 1.Which word should start with a capital letter? “School reopens on sunday.” (a) reopens (b) on (c) sunday
2. 2.Write it with an apostrophe: the cap of Ira = ? (a) Ira's cap (b) Iras' cap (c) Iras cap
3. 3.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We celebrate diwali with our family.” (a) celebrate (b) diwali (c) with
4. 4.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Aditya = ? (a) Aditya's bag (b) Adityas' bag (c) Adityas bag
5. 5.Which word should start with a capital letter? “School reopens on monday.” (a) on (b) reopens (c) monday
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence? “Can you swim ___” (a) . (b) ?
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence? “Is it raining ___” (a) . (b) ?
8. 8.Which is the correct short form of “I am”? (a) I'm (b) Im (c) I'am
9. 9.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Ananya = ? (a) Ananyas pen (b) Ananyas' pen (c) Ananya's pen
10. 10.Which is the correct short form of “does not”? (a) does'nt (b) doesnt (c) doesn't
11. 11.Which is the correct short form of “is not”? (a) isnt (b) is'nt (c) isn't
12. 12.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Kabir = ? (a) Kabirs pen (b) Kabir's pen (c) Kabirs' pen
13. 13.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in chennai.” (a) lives (b) chennai (c) in
14. 14.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Nisha = ? (a) Nishas' book (b) Nisha's book (c) Nishas book
15. 15.Which is the correct short form of “have not”? (a) havent (b) haven't (c) have'nt
16. 16.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Aditya = ? (a) Aditya's book (b) Adityas book (c) Adityas' book
17. 17.Which word should start with a capital letter? “The kaveri is a long river.” (a) kaveri (b) river (c) long
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence? “What is your name ___” (a) . (b) ?
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence? “Where do you live ___” (a) . (b) ?
20. 20.Which is the correct short form of “do not”? (a) do'nt (b) don't (c) dont
21. 21.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in lucknow.” (a) lucknow (b) lives (c) in
22. 22.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Meera = ? (a) Meera's bag (b) Meeras' bag (c) Meeras bag
23. 23.Which is the correct short form of “has not”? (a) has'nt (b) hasnt (c) hasn't
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence? “My name is Riya ___” (a) . (b) ?
25. 25.Which is the correct short form of “was not”? (a) was'nt (b) wasnt (c) wasn't
26. 26.Which is the correct short form of “did not”? (a) didnt (b) didn't (c) did'nt
27. 27.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We visited kolkata last year.” (a) last (b) kolkata (c) year
28. 28.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Pooja = ? (a) Poojas' bag (b) Poojas bag (c) Pooja's bag
29. 29.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My cousin and i play cricket.” (a) cricket (b) play (c) i
30. 30.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Karan = ? (a) Karans' book (b) Karans book (c) Karan's book
31. 31.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My best friend is aditya.” (a) aditya (b) best (c) friend
32. 32.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Zoya = ? (a) Zoyas book (b) Zoyas' book (c) Zoya's book
33. 33.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Ishaan = ? (a) Ishaan's kite (b) Ishaans kite (c) Ishaans' kite
34. 34.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My birthday is in january.” (a) january (b) birthday (c) is
35. 35.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We visited chennai last year.” (a) visited (b) year (c) chennai
36. 36.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My best friend is pooja.” (a) best (b) friend (c) pooja
37. 37.Which mark should end this sentence? “Kabir can swim ___” (a) ? (b) .
38. 38.Which is the correct short form of “cannot”? (a) ca'nt (b) can'nt (c) can't
39. 39.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in pune.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) pune
40. 40.Which mark should end this sentence? “How old is Kabir ___” (a) ? (b) .

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