Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 229 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) in (b) we (c) friday (d) test
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Pune on Wednesday.” (a) we (b) old (c) fort (d) visited
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “rahul lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) near (b) the (c) in (d) rahul
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last thursday i went to lucknow by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in delhi starts in july.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. 7.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 “The” (d) after “baby”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in pune.” (a) a (b) pune (c) zoo (d) in
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from bhopal in november.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Indore in april.” (a) in (b) came (c) april (d) from
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “the” (b) after “sand” (c) after “beach” (d) after “reached”
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aisha and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) in (b) and (c) played (d) aisha
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 “sweet” (b) after “The” (c) after “was” (d) after “ate”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Tuesday of June.” (a) the (b) my (c) birthday (d) is
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in lucknow.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in patna on Saturday.” (a) in (b) old (c) the (d) patna
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for diwali last year.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “It” (c) after “hot” (d) after “was”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Surat in January.” (a) in (b) came (c) from (d) my
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “it” (c) after “baked” (d) after “smelled”
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) in (b) played (c) on (d) maria
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Surat in july.” (a) from (b) came (c) uncle (d) july
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) in (c) on (d) have
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi met tara at the station in bhopal.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Chennai on Thursday.” (a) the (b) in (c) on (d) we
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara was born in the month of february.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph and Omkar will come to my house on saturday.” (a) my (b) house (c) come (d) saturday
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “umbrella” (b) after “turned” (c) after “strong” (d) after “our”
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “The” (c) after “ran” (d) after “children”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Delhi in October.” (a) my (b) in (c) came (d) uncle
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Bhopal for Onam last year.” (a) year (b) went (c) to (d) we
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Mysuru in October.” (a) my (b) in (c) came (d) uncle
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “yash wore new clothes on Pongal.” (a) yash (b) clothes (c) wore (d) new
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from chennai in September.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) came (d) chennai
40. 40.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 “it” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “The”

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