Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 215 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “out” (b) after “lights” (c) after “lit” (d) after “The”
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) saturday (b) on (c) with (d) dog
3. 3.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 “back” (c) after “shop” (d) after “was”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from agra in April.” (a) from (b) came (c) agra (d) uncle
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “hungry” (b) after “barked” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “The”
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “ishaan lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) cousin (b) zoo (c) and (d) i
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rahul and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) on (b) played (c) rahul (d) in
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Surat on Wednesday.” (a) old (b) we (c) in (d) the
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Patna on Wednesday.” (a) we (b) old (c) visited (d) on
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in agra on Tuesday.” (a) visited (b) agra (c) on (d) in
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “spoke” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “we”
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 “says” (b) after “talk” (c) after “hello” (d) after “it”
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Surat on Thursday.” (a) in (b) we (c) fort (d) old
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from surat in september.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from indore in june.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in july.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last monday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) to (b) monday (c) train (d) went
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) dog (b) go (c) wednesday (d) with
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from surat in January.” (a) came (b) surat (c) from (d) uncle
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Thursday i went to Bhopal by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) i (d) train
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “simran and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) and (b) played (c) on (d) simran
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to shimla for holi last year.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from mysuru in February.” (a) came (b) from (c) uncle (d) mysuru
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “a” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “picked” (d) after “The”
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev was born in the month of october.” (a) the (b) was (c) born (d) october
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) saturday (b) test (c) maths (d) have
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Pune.” (a) a (b) zoo (c) and (d) i
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul was born in the month of july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) eid (b) met (c) all (d) our
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Friday of January.” (a) my (b) of (c) is (d) the
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul met omkar at the station in Lucknow.” (a) in (b) met (c) station (d) omkar
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “it” (b) after “a” (c) after “baked” (d) after “cake”
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for diwali last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in mysuru.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) made (b) my (c) aunt (d) for
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev met aisha at the station in indore.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2

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