Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 271 · 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 uncle came from kolkata in april.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “for” (b) after “the” (c) after “cheered” (d) after “race”
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in chennai on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Wednesday of April.” (a) the (b) birthday (c) is (d) my
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “spoke” (c) after “we” (d) after “was”
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
7. 7.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
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Pune.” (a) i (b) visited (c) cousin (d) in
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “imran and Ananya will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) and (b) imran (c) come (d) house
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) met (b) our (c) on (d) we
11. 11.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 “read” (c) after “a” (d) after “my”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first monday of April.” (a) is (b) the (c) monday (d) of
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Wednesday of June.” (a) on (b) is (c) my (d) of
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) all (b) our (c) pongal (d) on
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in surat on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) all (b) on (c) met (d) we
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in surat on friday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in December.” (a) school (b) the (c) in (d) our
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “We” (c) after “beach” (d) after “the”
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “was” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “hungry”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “baked” (c) after “smelled” (d) after “it”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya and Omkar will come to my house on Monday.” (a) will (b) come (c) diya (d) my
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Jaipur in february.” (a) came (b) in (c) february (d) from
27. 27.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 “off” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “Kabir”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) aarav (b) in (c) near (d) the
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Chennai on thursday.” (a) old (b) thursday (c) fort (d) the
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Patna starts in November.” (a) in (b) the (c) big (d) starts
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of november.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) sweets (b) for (c) eid (d) aunt
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “children” (c) after “ran” (d) after “bell”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya lives near the lake in Patna.” (a) lake (b) lives (c) the (d) diya
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera and i played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) i (b) park (c) played (d) the
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) joseph (b) on (c) new (d) wore
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan met nisha at the station in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

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