Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 207 · 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?
   “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) maths (c) have (d) monday
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in jaipur starts in november.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “maria lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from kolkata in august.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Meera and Vikram will come to my house on saturday.” (a) to (b) house (c) will (d) saturday
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Kolkata starts in april.” (a) starts (b) in (c) april (d) big
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “tenzin and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in October.” (a) after (b) the (c) in (d) our
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Pune for christmas last year.” (a) christmas (b) to (c) went (d) year
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Bhopal on Friday.” (a) the (b) we (c) in (d) visited
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first wednesday of january.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Saanvi was born in the month of july.” (a) month (b) born (c) july (d) of
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “her” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “pen” (d) after “she”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) and (b) played (c) in (d) tuesday
16. 16.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 “sweet” (c) after “ate” (d) after “was”
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan was born in the month of February.” (a) in (b) born (c) rohan (d) was
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav was born in the month of january.” (a) of (b) january (c) in (d) the
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Jaipur.” (a) my (b) and (c) visited (d) in
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kabir was born in the month of April.” (a) month (b) of (c) in (d) kabir
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “My” (b) after “man” (c) after “stuck” (d) after “it”
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “cold” (b) after “hot” (c) after “drank” (d) after “was”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “spoke” (c) after “The” (d) after “sleeping”
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja and omkar will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) new (b) wore (c) on (d) diwali
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to chennai for onam last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of July.” (a) my (b) on (c) is (d) of
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to agra for Holi last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) agra (d) to
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) cousins (b) on (c) diwali (d) met
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from indore in february.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in february.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kolkata in february.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) vikram (b) on (c) clothes (d) new
38. 38.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 “every”
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from surat in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5

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