Punctuation Worksheet

English grammar lesson 10: Capital letters and punctuation · Set 775 · 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 is the correct short form of “has not”? (a) has'nt (b) hasnt (c) hasn't
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence? “How beautiful the garden is ___” (a) ? (b) !
3. 3.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Myra = ? (a) Myras bag (b) Myra's bag (c) Myras' bag
4. 4.Which mark should end this sentence? “My name is Riya ___” (a) . (b) ?
5. 5.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We celebrate pongal with our family.” (a) pongal (b) with (c) our
6. 6.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Myra = ? (a) Myras kite (b) Myras' kite (c) Myra's kite
7. 7.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My cousin and i play cricket.” (a) play (b) i (c) cousin
8. 8.Which word should start with a capital letter? “School reopens on sunday.” (a) reopens (b) on (c) sunday
9. 9.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Saanvi = ? (a) Saanvi's book (b) Saanvis' book (c) Saanvis book
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence? “What is your name ___” (a) . (b) ?
11. 11.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Pooja = ? (a) Poojas' kite (b) Poojas kite (c) Pooja's kite
12. 12.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Vivaan = ? (a) Vivaan's book (b) Vivaans book (c) Vivaans' book
13. 13.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Aisha = ? (a) Aishas' pen (b) Aisha's pen (c) Aishas pen
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence? “Kabir can swim ___” (a) ? (b) .
15. 15.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My birthday is in january.” (a) is (b) birthday (c) january
16. 16.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We visited mumbai last year.” (a) year (b) visited (c) mumbai
17. 17.Write it with an apostrophe: the cap of Rohan = ? (a) Rohans' cap (b) Rohan's cap (c) Rohans cap
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence? “What a lovely kite ___” (a) ? (b) !
19. 19.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Rohan = ? (a) Rohans kite (b) Rohans' kite (c) Rohan's kite
20. 20.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Rahul = ? (a) Rahul's bag (b) Rahuls' bag (c) Rahuls bag
21. 21.Which is the correct short form of “are not”? (a) arent (b) are'nt (c) aren't
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence? “I live in Pune ___” (a) ? (b) .
23. 23.Which word should start with a capital letter? “The ganga is a long river.” (a) ganga (b) river (c) is
24. 24.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Omkar = ? (a) Omkar's book (b) Omkars' book (c) Omkars book
25. 25.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in pune.” (a) uncle (b) pune (c) lives
26. 26.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Dev = ? (a) Devs' pen (b) Dev's pen (c) Devs pen
27. 27.Which is the correct short form of “was not”? (a) wasn't (b) was'nt (c) wasnt
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence? “We like mangoes ___” (a) ? (b) .
29. 29.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in chennai.” (a) lives (b) chennai (c) uncle
30. 30.Write it with an apostrophe: the cap of Aditya = ? (a) Aditya's cap (b) Adityas cap (c) Adityas' cap
31. 31.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We celebrate eid with our family.” (a) our (b) eid (c) family
32. 32.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We visited delhi last year.” (a) last (b) year (c) delhi
33. 33.Which is the correct short form of “is not”? (a) is'nt (b) isnt (c) isn't
34. 34.Which is the correct short form of “do not”? (a) don't (b) do'nt (c) dont
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence? “Do you like mangoes ___” (a) ? (b) .
36. 36.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Nisha = ? (a) Nisha's bag (b) Nishas' bag (c) Nishas bag
37. 37.Which is the correct short form of “did not”? (a) didnt (b) did'nt (c) didn't
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence? “It is raining ___” (a) ? (b) .
39. 39.Which is the correct short form of “does not”? (a) does'nt (b) doesn't (c) doesnt
40. 40.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Kabir = ? (a) Kabirs kite (b) Kabirs' kite (c) Kabir's kite

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