Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 161 · 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?
   “yash wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “the big fair in Delhi starts in December.” (a) the (b) starts (c) fair (d) in
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kavya was born in the month of november.” (a) november (b) was (c) in (d) born
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in chennai.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “baked” (b) after “cake” (c) after “a” (d) after “smelled”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “diya was born in the month of January.” (a) was (b) the (c) in (d) diya
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Rohan lives near the lake in pune.” (a) lake (b) near (c) in (d) pune
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “The” (c) after “off” (d) after “over”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in pune on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “we” (c) after “The” (d) after “back”
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav met Meera at the station in lucknow.” (a) lucknow (b) at (c) met (d) the
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) cousins (b) eid (c) our (d) all
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) holi (b) made (c) sweets (d) aunt
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Riya met Joseph at the station in surat.” (a) the (b) station (c) surat (d) at
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “It” (c) after “very” (d) after “was”
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in august.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “our” (b) after “inside” (c) after “wind” (d) after “strong”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) on (b) with (c) tuesday (d) the
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Lucknow starts in February.” (a) fair (b) in (c) big (d) the
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) aunt (b) my (c) sweets (d) made
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Kochi in November.” (a) my (b) from (c) uncle (d) came
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “Riya” (b) after “she” (c) after “pen” (d) after “lost”
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “smiled” (b) after “liked” (c) after “The” (d) after “our”
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first thursday of december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in indore on Saturday.” (a) in (b) the (c) visited (d) indore
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “sneha lives near the lake in Bhopal.” (a) sneha (b) the (c) lives (d) near
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Riya lives near the lake in surat.” (a) lake (b) surat (c) lives (d) near
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) new (b) pongal (c) on (d) wore
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “reached” (b) after “beach” (c) after “was” (d) after “the”
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Mysuru on Tuesday.” (a) on (b) in (c) we (d) fort
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) thursday (b) a (c) maths (d) have
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) we (b) all (c) our (d) on
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “we” (b) after “spoke” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “The”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Thursday I went to mysuru by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) mysuru (d) by
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) for (b) my (c) made (d) aunt
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3

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