Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 173 · 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?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in agra.” (a) in (b) a (c) visited (d) agra
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “maria was born in the month of december.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Zoya met Dev at the station in chennai.” (a) station (b) met (c) chennai (d) the
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Saturday I went to Kochi by train.” (a) last (b) to (c) went (d) train
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Zoya lives near the lake in surat.” (a) near (b) lake (c) surat (d) the
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “vikram and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in shimla starts in august.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “we” (c) after “spoke” (d) after “The”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from kolkata in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last saturday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) went (b) saturday (c) train (d) by
11. 11.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 “my” (d) after “read”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Kolkata for christmas last year.” (a) for (b) christmas (c) to (d) last
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “we” (b) after “very” (c) after “was” (d) after “hot”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kolkata in august.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “it” (c) after “The” (d) after “dark”
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash and Kunal will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) on (b) come (c) my (d) tuesday
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in agra starts in august.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Friday.” (a) my (b) dog (c) to (d) i
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph met aarav at the station in chennai.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) pongal (b) for (c) aunt (d) sweets
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) the (b) school (c) november (d) after
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tenzin lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) new (b) rohan (c) wore (d) clothes
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “looked” (c) after “lost” (d) after “she”
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “it” (b) after “puppy” (c) after “for” (d) after “hungry”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) have (c) on (d) a
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
32. 32.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 “seed” (c) after “watered” (d) after “a”
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “shop” (b) after “closed” (c) after “we” (d) after “went”
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan met ishaan at the station in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in shimla starts in June.” (a) big (b) fair (c) shimla (d) starts
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi was born in the month of april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan met saanvi at the station in kochi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) the (c) park (d) on
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1

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