Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 316 · 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?
   “last monday i went to kochi by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Surat for Diwali last year.” (a) for (b) we (c) year (d) to
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “liked” (d) after “smiled”
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last wednesday i went to lucknow by train.” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 4
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Ananya lives near the lake in indore.” (a) lives (b) in (c) lake (d) indore
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “it” (b) after “man” (c) after “stuck” (d) after “got”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Thursday I went to Patna by train.” (a) train (b) by (c) went (d) last
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “The” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in jaipur on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) friday (b) in (c) we (d) a
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last sunday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “sleeping” (c) after “The” (d) after “spoke”
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Chennai.” (a) in (b) i (c) and (d) zoo
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for diwali last year.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “it” (b) after “seed” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “watered”
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “cake” (c) after “too” (d) after “The”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran and saanvi will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) come (b) and (c) saanvi (d) house
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) onam (d) aunt
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
20. 20.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 “milk” (d) after “boiled”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Lucknow on Thursday.” (a) in (b) visited (c) we (d) the
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Bhopal on Thursday.” (a) we (b) the (c) on (d) old
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) park (c) and (d) on
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “zoya wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) zoya (d) wore
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Thursday I went to Shimla by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) by (d) last
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “drank” (c) after “very” (d) after “hot”
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “began” (c) after “dark” (d) after “it”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) made (b) aunt (c) holi (d) sweets
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Friday of october.” (a) of (b) october (c) first (d) the
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) baisakhi (d) on
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) cousins (b) met (c) we (d) on
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in chennai starts in april.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in lucknow on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) to (b) i (c) the (d) go
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) on (c) have (d) we
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) a (c) thursday (d) maths
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) we (b) all (c) our (d) on
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kunal wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) on (b) diwali (c) wore (d) clothes

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