Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 143 · 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?
   “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “was” (c) after “for” (d) after “hungry”
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “meera was born in the month of july.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) we (b) on (c) met (d) our
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “omkar wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) wore (b) clothes (c) omkar (d) new
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) test (c) thursday (d) have
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Patna starts in april.” (a) fair (b) big (c) april (d) starts
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in patna starts in february.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “dark” (c) after “soon” (d) after “sky”
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “says” (b) after “parrot” (c) after “talk” (d) after “The”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “meera met Nisha at the station in Indore.” (a) at (b) the (c) in (d) meera
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Chennai in june.” (a) june (b) came (c) in (d) uncle
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in mysuru.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) met (b) christmas (c) on (d) cousins
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) the (b) my (c) thursday (d) dog
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Patna.” (a) i (b) in (c) cousin (d) and
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rahul and Tenzin will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) rahul (b) come (c) to (d) will
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in december.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) in (c) a (d) on
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Diya and riya will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) come (b) riya (c) and (d) my
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on friday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “won” (b) after “we” (c) after “practised” (d) after “hard”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Jaipur for Diwali last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) to (d) we
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from chennai in July.” (a) chennai (b) in (c) uncle (d) came
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Tuesday I went to lucknow by train.” (a) lucknow (b) to (c) train (d) by
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “rang” (c) after “The” (d) after “children”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in jaipur starts in august.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha was born in the month of october.” (a) was (b) born (c) october (d) in
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) we (c) maths (d) on
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “liked”
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “arrived” (c) after “people” (d) after “train”
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “hot” (c) after “we” (d) after “drank”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) april (b) school (c) holidays (d) reopens
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Delhi on saturday.” (a) visited (b) fort (c) in (d) saturday
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “Meera” (c) after “seed” (d) after “it”

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