Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 267 · 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?
   “diya lives near the lake in agra.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
2. 2.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 “The” (c) after “waited” (d) after “was”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “sky” (b) after “The” (c) after “dark” (d) after “turned”
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last monday I went to Patna by train.” (a) train (b) to (c) went (d) monday
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) met (b) diwali (c) cousins (d) all
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in June.” (a) school (b) our (c) the (d) reopens
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “it” (d) after “cake”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in september.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Patna on sunday.” (a) in (b) fort (c) on (d) sunday
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran and i played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) the (b) i (c) park (d) on
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan was born in the month of july.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Shimla on saturday.” (a) on (b) visited (c) saturday (d) old
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “team” (b) after “practised” (c) after “won” (d) after “hard”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of april.” (a) birthday (b) the (c) april (d) is
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Sunday i went to Surat by train.” (a) by (b) i (c) train (d) went
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Jaipur in November.” (a) came (b) my (c) in (d) uncle
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of september.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha lives near the lake in pune.” (a) lake (b) in (c) lives (d) pune
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “Kabir” (b) after “off” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “fell”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in agra on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in september.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) for (b) aunt (c) my (d) made
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kochi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan and i played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) park (b) in (c) i (d) and
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to chennai for Christmas last year.” (a) last (b) went (c) for (d) chennai
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in December.” (a) in (b) our (c) after (d) holidays
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) the (b) school (c) our (d) in
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first tuesday of February.” (a) on (b) birthday (c) is (d) tuesday
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in surat starts in june.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “We” (b) after “the” (c) after “beach” (d) after “was”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in October.” (a) school (b) holidays (c) our (d) the
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) for (b) christmas (c) sweets (d) aunt
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya was born in the month of december.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1

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