Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 285 · 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.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) in (c) friday (d) a
2. 2.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 “reached” (c) after “We” (d) after “beach”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) all (b) our (c) on (d) we
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) my (b) with (c) i (d) the
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first sunday of january.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Surat in October.” (a) in (b) from (c) my (d) came
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “ishaan met dev at the station in kochi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “a” (b) after “kite” (c) after “My” (d) after “stuck”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last thursday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha lives near the lake in Agra.” (a) nisha (b) lake (c) lives (d) near
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) on (b) with (c) my (d) friday
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Kolkata in june.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) came (d) june
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of August.” (a) on (b) of (c) my (d) the
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Patna.” (a) and (b) in (c) i (d) visited
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Surat for Baisakhi last year.” (a) for (b) year (c) last (d) we
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “our” (d) after “liked”
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kochi for baisakhi last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin and i played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) the (b) i (c) and (d) in
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya met diya at the station in shimla.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “we” (b) after “over” (c) after “boiled” (d) after “The”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “train” (b) after “on” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “The”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Agra on tuesday.” (a) the (b) visited (c) in (d) tuesday
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kunal and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) park (b) played (c) and (d) kunal
27. 27.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 “the” (c) after “we” (d) after “hard”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) on (c) test (d) we
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in indore starts in april.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) tara (d) new
31. 31.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 “cake” (d) after “baked”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Friday of December.” (a) my (b) the (c) first (d) birthday
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) cousins (b) all (c) onam (d) our
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Kolkata.” (a) visited (b) and (c) cousin (d) my
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) after (b) february (c) in (d) school
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya wore new clothes on eid.” (a) eid (b) clothes (c) wore (d) new
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “we” (c) after “was” (d) after “spoke”
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya met joseph at the station in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “sky” (c) after “dark” (d) after “began”
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

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