Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 190 · 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 July.” (a) reopens (b) after (c) our (d) the
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “sneha lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) sneha (b) lives (c) near (d) in
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Saturday of August.” (a) my (b) the (c) of (d) birthday
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “liked” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “our”
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “waited” (c) after “bus” (d) after “late”
7. 7.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 “The” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “barked”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) monday (c) we (d) maths
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last tuesday I went to Lucknow by train.” (a) tuesday (b) by (c) went (d) to
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tenzin and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav and sneha will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera was born in the month of january.” (a) in (b) january (c) the (d) was
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Sunday of December.” (a) birthday (b) my (c) the (d) on
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “a” (c) after “was” (d) after “sweet”
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “can” (c) after “hello” (d) after “The”
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) on (c) have (d) a
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “pen” (c) after “lost” (d) after “she”
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Kolkata on Monday.” (a) we (b) in (c) old (d) on
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from pune in april.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) new (b) wore (c) imran (d) clothes
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “pooja lives near the lake in Pune.” (a) lives (b) in (c) pooja (d) near
24. 24.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 “cold” (c) after “hot” (d) after “very”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Isha and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) and (b) tuesday (c) played (d) the
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) for (b) holi (c) aunt (d) made
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) imran (b) clothes (c) on (d) wore
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Bhopal starts in july.” (a) starts (b) july (c) in (d) big
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) we (c) in (d) maths
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav and Tara will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) my (b) come (c) manav (d) to
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) made (b) my (c) for (d) sweets
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in january.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in mysuru.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kolkata in december.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) we (b) met (c) on (d) all
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) pongal (b) aunt (c) for (d) sweets
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran and nisha will come to my house on Friday.” (a) and (b) to (c) nisha (d) on
39. 39.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 “my” (c) after “then” (d) after “homework”
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to delhi by train.” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 5

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