Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 264 · 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?
   “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Rohan lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) near (b) jaipur (c) the (d) lives
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first thursday of october.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “we” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “picked” (d) after “mangoes”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) i (b) the (c) on (d) go
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) in (b) holidays (c) january (d) reopens
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Tuesday of July.” (a) first (b) on (c) my (d) the
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) go (b) my (c) monday (d) the
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in december.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tenzin met tara at the station in kochi.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) the (b) and (c) park (d) ishaan
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Kolkata in august.” (a) august (b) came (c) uncle (d) in
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to pune for pongal last year.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash lives near the lake in agra.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “it” (c) after “baked” (d) after “cake”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “simran lives near the lake in Agra.” (a) the (b) in (c) lives (d) simran
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) made (d) holi
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan wore new clothes on holi.” (a) on (b) holi (c) clothes (d) new
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “waited” (c) after “we” (d) after “at”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to bhopal for Pongal last year.” (a) last (b) year (c) for (d) bhopal
22. 22.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 “every” (d) after “hello”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in january.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) holi (b) on (c) cousins (d) met
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kolkata on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of august.” (a) is (b) first (c) august (d) birthday
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “we” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “The”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) friday (c) test (d) we
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan was born in the month of april.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) the (b) go (c) tuesday (d) dog
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from pune in November.” (a) pune (b) in (c) from (d) uncle
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “he” (b) after “his” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “fell”
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and sneha will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kochi.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Lucknow for diwali last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) diwali (d) last
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3

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