Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 311 · 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.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 “he” (c) after “hurt” (d) after “bicycle”
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) made (b) my (c) for (d) aunt
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from Chennai in september.” (a) from (b) in (c) uncle (d) september
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “tenzin wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) on (b) new (c) tenzin (d) clothes
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kavya lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) near (b) in (c) bhopal (d) lives
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to jaipur for holi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in lucknow.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
9. 9.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 “she” (d) after “it”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev lives near the lake in Jaipur.” (a) the (b) lake (c) lives (d) dev
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kochi starts in april.” (a) in (b) fair (c) starts (d) april
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of january.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav met rahul at the station in indore.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in december.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) on (b) the (c) vikram (d) played
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
18. 18.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 “race” (d) after “Arjun”
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to patna for eid last year.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lights” (b) after “lit” (c) after “out” (d) after “The”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) after (b) in (c) our (d) the
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first tuesday of June.” (a) the (b) is (c) birthday (d) tuesday
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha lives near the lake in Agra.” (a) lives (b) nisha (c) in (d) lake
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “drank” (c) after “we” (d) after “cold”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in jaipur on Friday.” (a) jaipur (b) in (c) the (d) on
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) onam (b) aunt (c) made (d) for
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) our (b) all (c) on (d) pongal
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to chennai for pongal last year.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “spoke” (b) after “The” (c) after “we” (d) after “sleeping”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Priya lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) lives (b) chennai (c) lake (d) the
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “began” (b) after “sky” (c) after “turned” (d) after “dark”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Mysuru in June.” (a) uncle (b) came (c) in (d) my
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “a” (b) after “homework” (c) after “finished” (d) after “then”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Delhi starts in June.” (a) the (b) starts (c) in (d) fair
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) park (b) and (c) played (d) isha
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Vikram wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) wore (d) diwali
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from delhi in february.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4

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