Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 142 · 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.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in delhi starts in June.” (a) fair (b) delhi (c) starts (d) big
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “imran and riya will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “joseph lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) near (b) joseph (c) in (d) the
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “saanvi lives near the lake in Mysuru.” (a) saanvi (b) lake (c) in (d) near
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to agra for Eid last year.” (a) last (b) agra (c) year (d) to
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “it” (d) after “cake”
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “Riya” (b) after “lost” (c) after “pen” (d) after “her”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) the (b) park (c) saturday (d) on
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last monday i went to pune by train.” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 3
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) my (d) aunt
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Mysuru starts in january.” (a) in (b) starts (c) fair (d) january
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) saturday (b) we (c) have (d) test
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “it” (c) after “sky” (d) after “began”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) diya (b) the (c) near (d) in
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “people” (b) after “got” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) our (b) eid (c) met (d) all
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Delhi.” (a) i (b) a (c) and (d) visited
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “over” (b) after “turned” (c) after “boiled” (d) after “we”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) school (b) the (c) our (d) holidays
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul met manav at the station in Chennai.” (a) at (b) met (c) in (d) manav
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “omkar was born in the month of june.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) aunt (d) my
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “race” (b) after “won” (c) after “everyone” (d) after “cheered”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Agra.” (a) cousin (b) a (c) my (d) and
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in January.” (a) after (b) in (c) reopens (d) our
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in july.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) sweets (b) my (c) made (d) for
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “I” (b) after “read” (c) after “homework” (d) after “a”
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “ran” (c) after “children” (d) after “bell”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Sunday i went to Shimla by train.” (a) by (b) to (c) went (d) i
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Monday of december.” (a) december (b) on (c) the (d) birthday
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) our (b) all (c) we (d) cousins
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) my (b) for (c) made (d) sweets
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4

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