Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 160 · 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?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) august (b) holidays (c) school (d) after
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) test (c) in (d) have
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “hello” (b) after “parrot” (c) after “talk” (d) after “says”
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to chennai for baisakhi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Surat for Holi last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) we (d) year
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “nobody” (b) after “The” (c) after “second” (d) after “sweet”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last wednesday i went to pune by train.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 3
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) in (c) maths (d) on
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Aarav was born in the month of july.” (a) the (b) july (c) month (d) born
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal met simran at the station in surat.” (a) 5 (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 “teacher” (b) after “she” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “our”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in pune starts in September.” (a) big (b) starts (c) pune (d) fair
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) for (b) aunt (c) holi (d) made
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) my (b) for (c) sweets (d) made
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for onam last year.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “to” (b) after “soon” (c) after “dark” (d) after “The”
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and tenzin will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) aunt (b) for (c) pongal (d) sweets
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to chennai by train.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “train” (c) after “on” (d) after “The”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Indore starts in august.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) in (d) august
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to surat by train.” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 3
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Agra starts in April.” (a) big (b) the (c) fair (d) in
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Pune by train.” (a) by (b) to (c) went (d) tuesday
25. 25.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 “hot” (c) after “was” (d) after “It”
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in chennai starts in july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kolkata starts in august.” (a) fair (b) big (c) in (d) august
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “sand” (c) after “We” (d) after “the”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) diwali (b) aunt (c) made (d) for
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph lives near the lake in Agra.” (a) in (b) the (c) joseph (d) lives
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in September.” (a) the (b) holidays (c) our (d) school
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in agra.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Priya and i played in the park on Monday.” (a) park (b) the (c) i (d) played
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) christmas (d) aunt
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in kochi starts in january.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) the (b) and (c) on (d) thursday

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