Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 278 · 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 holi.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “off” (b) after “over” (c) after “milk” (d) after “boiled”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from shimla in October.” (a) from (b) came (c) shimla (d) uncle
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “a” (b) after “lights” (c) after “The” (d) after “out”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) go (b) on (c) tuesday (d) my
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from kochi in november.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “sneha and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) on (b) and (c) sneha (d) the
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “a” (c) after “we” (d) after “picked”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya was born in the month of june.” (a) of (b) month (c) in (d) june
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in april.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Tuesday of november.” (a) first (b) november (c) the (d) is
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last thursday I went to Indore by train.” (a) to (b) went (c) train (d) thursday
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kolkata on Tuesday.” (a) on (b) kolkata (c) the (d) in
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Bhopal.” (a) cousin (b) zoo (c) my (d) in
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in july.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “yash was born in the month of June.” (a) was (b) yash (c) month (d) born
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “children” (c) after “rang” (d) after “bell”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) all (b) we (c) cousins (d) met
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in delhi starts in july.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) all (b) our (c) we (d) cousins
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Surat on Saturday.” (a) fort (b) on (c) old (d) we
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “our” (b) after “strong” (c) after “wind” (d) after “turned”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) zoo (b) visited (c) in (d) i
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “teacher” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “The” (d) after “liked”
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Agra in April.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) my (d) came
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in mysuru on Tuesday.” (a) on (b) the (c) in (d) mysuru
31. 31.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 “soon” (c) after “dark” (d) after “turned”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev was born in the month of september.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from pune in January.” (a) from (b) in (c) came (d) pune
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tenzin lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to delhi for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Delhi for holi last year.” (a) year (b) for (c) holi (d) last
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to chennai by train.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 3
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) a (c) on (d) in
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kochi on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2

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