Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 216 · 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 bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “at” (c) after “late” (d) after “waited”
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Indore for Onam last year.” (a) last (b) we (c) for (d) year
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Agra in December.” (a) in (b) my (c) from (d) uncle
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Agra for Eid last year.” (a) went (b) we (c) year (d) last
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in lucknow starts in february.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) for (d) my
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first friday of January.” (a) the (b) is (c) friday (d) birthday
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “for” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “The” (d) after “was”
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “fell” (b) after “his” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “Kabir”
11. 11.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 “was” (d) after “back”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in lucknow on Monday.” (a) lucknow (b) fort (c) visited (d) in
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya was born in the month of april.” (a) the (b) april (c) was (d) of
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “omkar and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) and (b) omkar (c) on (d) park
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun was born in the month of june.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) reopens (b) holidays (c) after (d) november
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) kabir (b) clothes (c) on (d) new
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “began” (b) after “turned” (c) after “dark” (d) after “sky”
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) near (b) lake (c) tenzin (d) the
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “can” (b) after “talk” (c) after “The” (d) after “says”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Mysuru in june.” (a) from (b) in (c) june (d) uncle
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in pune.” (a) pune (b) cousin (c) a (d) zoo
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash and i played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) the (b) i (c) played (d) in
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) dog (b) on (c) saturday (d) go
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “homework” (b) after “a” (c) after “my” (d) after “finished”
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “was” (c) after “we” (d) after “The”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “riya wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) riya (b) new (c) clothes (d) wore
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya wore new clothes on eid.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Bhopal.” (a) visited (b) zoo (c) my (d) cousin
31. 31.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”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Onam.” (a) we (b) our (c) met (d) all
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Jaipur starts in october.” (a) big (b) fair (c) october (d) in
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya was born in the month of February.” (a) was (b) of (c) month (d) diya
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Tuesday i went to Patna by train.” (a) went (b) train (c) i (d) by
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “over” (b) after “boiled” (c) after “milk” (d) after “turned”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Indore on Thursday.” (a) fort (b) we (c) on (d) the
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev and I played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) the (b) on (c) and (d) dev
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in patna on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2

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