Punctuation Worksheet

English grammar lesson 10: Capital letters and punctuation · Set 963 · 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 “are not”? (a) aren't (b) arent (c) are'nt
2. 2.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Kavya = ? (a) Kavya's book (b) Kavyas' book (c) Kavyas book
3. 3.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We celebrate diwali with our family.” (a) celebrate (b) with (c) diwali
4. 4.Which is the correct short form of “does not”? (a) does'nt (b) doesnt (c) doesn't
5. 5.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Ishaan = ? (a) Ishaans bag (b) Ishaans' bag (c) Ishaan's bag
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence? “Where do you live ___” (a) . (b) ?
7. 7.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Tara = ? (a) Tara's kite (b) Taras' kite (c) Taras kite
8. 8.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Ira = ? (a) Ira's bag (b) Iras bag (c) Iras' bag
9. 9.Which is the correct short form of “do not”? (a) do'nt (b) don't (c) dont
10. 10.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My birthday is in january.” (a) january (b) birthday (c) is
11. 11.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Omkar = ? (a) Omkar's kite (b) Omkars kite (c) Omkars' kite
12. 12.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Rohan = ? (a) Rohans' pen (b) Rohan's pen (c) Rohans pen
13. 13.Write it with an apostrophe: the cap of Ananya = ? (a) Ananyas' cap (b) Ananyas cap (c) Ananya's cap
14. 14.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Neel = ? (a) Neels' kite (b) Neel's kite (c) Neels kite
15. 15.Write it with an apostrophe: the cap of Aditya = ? (a) Adityas' cap (b) Aditya's cap (c) Adityas cap
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence? “What a big elephant ___” (a) ! (b) ?
17. 17.Which is the correct short form of “did not”? (a) didnt (b) did'nt (c) didn't
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence? “My name is Riya ___” (a) ? (b) .
19. 19.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Saanvi = ? (a) Saanvis' pen (b) Saanvis pen (c) Saanvi's pen
20. 20.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We visited kolkata last year.” (a) visited (b) year (c) kolkata
21. 21.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Myra = ? (a) Myra's book (b) Myras book (c) Myras' book
22. 22.Which word should start with a capital letter? “The ganga is a long river.” (a) ganga (b) long (c) a
23. 23.Write it with an apostrophe: the kite of Ananya = ? (a) Ananyas' kite (b) Ananya's kite (c) Ananyas kite
24. 24.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My cousin and i play cricket.” (a) i (b) and (c) play
25. 25.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Arjun = ? (a) Arjuns book (b) Arjun's book (c) Arjuns' book
26. 26.Write it with an apostrophe: the cap of Neel = ? (a) Neels cap (b) Neel's cap (c) Neels' cap
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence? “It is raining ___” (a) ? (b) .
28. 28.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Kabir = ? (a) Kabirs' book (b) Kabirs book (c) Kabir's book
29. 29.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in kolkata.” (a) kolkata (b) uncle (c) lives
30. 30.Which word should start with a capital letter? “The yamuna is a long river.” (a) long (b) is (c) yamuna
31. 31.Which is the correct short form of “cannot”? (a) can'nt (b) can't (c) ca'nt
32. 32.Which is the correct short form of “I am”? (a) I'm (b) I'am (c) Im
33. 33.Which is the correct short form of “is not”? (a) isnt (b) is'nt (c) isn't
34. 34.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My best friend is isha.” (a) friend (b) best (c) isha
35. 35.Which word should start with a capital letter? “We celebrate eid with our family.” (a) celebrate (b) family (c) eid
36. 36.Write it with an apostrophe: the pen of Kabir = ? (a) Kabir's pen (b) Kabirs pen (c) Kabirs' pen
37. 37.Write it with an apostrophe: the bag of Rohan = ? (a) Rohans bag (b) Rohans' bag (c) Rohan's bag
38. 38.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Pooja = ? (a) Poojas book (b) Pooja's book (c) Poojas' book
39. 39.Write it with an apostrophe: the book of Manav = ? (a) Manavs' book (b) Manavs book (c) Manav's book
40. 40.Which word should start with a capital letter? “My uncle lives in jaipur.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) jaipur

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