Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 141 · 40 questions

Writing tip (Start big, stop with a dot): Use a capital letter for the first word of every sentence and for the word I. Use a capital letter for names: people (Riya), places (Kochi), days (Thursday), months (June) and festivals (Onam). End a telling sentence with a full stop. Two complete ideas need two sentences: “The bell rang. The children ran out.”

1. 1.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in bhopal starts in february.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) our (b) met (c) on (d) we
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kochi.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “The” (b) after “turned” (c) after “we” (d) after “over”
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first monday of april.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “a” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “baked”
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “drank” (b) after “It” (c) after “cold” (d) after “hot”
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “finished” (b) after “homework” (c) after “a” (d) after “I”
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “she” (c) after “our” (d) after “smiled”
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav met rahul at the station in agra.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav lives near the lake in agra.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph was born in the month of July.” (a) month (b) was (c) joseph (d) born
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) lives (b) in (c) near (d) rohan
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) the (b) reopens (c) in (d) january
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya was born in the month of september.” (a) born (b) the (c) september (d) month
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya met omkar at the station in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in december.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya was born in the month of february.” (a) february (b) was (c) of (d) in
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “was” (b) after “bus” (c) after “late” (d) after “waited”
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “ran” (c) after “rang” (d) after “children”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “the” (b) after “Arjun” (c) after “race” (d) after “for”
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) wednesday (b) go (c) the (d) with
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) on (b) wore (c) diwali (d) new
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) cousins (b) baisakhi (c) on (d) all
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “omkar and saanvi will come to my house on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to mysuru for Eid last year.” (a) year (b) went (c) for (d) mysuru
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun was born in the month of february.” (a) february (b) in (c) of (d) was
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) sweets (b) aunt (c) for (d) holi
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “every” (b) after “hello” (c) after “it” (d) after “talk”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Patna starts in january.” (a) in (b) january (c) starts (d) fair
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in agra on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “The” (b) after “to” (c) after “dark” (d) after “sky”
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “she” (c) after “lost” (d) after “pen”
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash met Saanvi at the station in patna.” (a) at (b) met (c) the (d) patna
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “omkar lives near the lake in Mysuru.” (a) near (b) omkar (c) the (d) lives

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