Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 309 · 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?
   “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) made (b) my (c) aunt (d) for
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in july.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “ran” (c) after “children” (d) after “rang”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Delhi starts in august.” (a) fair (b) august (c) in (d) big
5. 5.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 “The” (d) after “milk”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Patna.” (a) zoo (b) in (c) cousin (d) my
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Farhan and i played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) in (b) on (c) i (d) and
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from surat in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Mysuru in September.” (a) my (b) uncle (c) from (d) in
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) onam (b) cousins (c) all (d) on
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan met Priya at the station in indore.” (a) station (b) met (c) in (d) indore
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first friday of april.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “went” (b) after “back” (c) after “closed” (d) after “shop”
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lit” (b) after “we” (c) after “out” (d) after “went”
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in surat on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first thursday of October.” (a) first (b) on (c) thursday (d) birthday
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) our (b) met (c) cousins (d) we
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of January.” (a) on (b) birthday (c) is (d) my
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “she” (c) after “our” (d) after “smiled”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) aunt (d) my
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) made (b) pongal (c) sweets (d) aunt
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Shimla for Onam last year.” (a) last (b) year (c) we (d) to
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to agra for Onam last year.” (a) agra (b) to (c) went (d) year
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “it” (b) after “began” (c) after “soon” (d) after “dark”
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar was born in the month of february.” (a) month (b) february (c) in (d) born
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “a” (b) after “seed” (c) after “planted” (d) after “it”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph and I played in the park on saturday.” (a) park (b) in (c) saturday (d) on
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Friday of april.” (a) birthday (b) on (c) is (d) april
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “people” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “waited” (b) after “we” (c) after “at” (d) after “late”
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Jaipur for Baisakhi last year.” (a) went (b) to (c) last (d) we

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