Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 327 · 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?
   “tara lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “rohan met yash at the station in mysuru.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first tuesday of August.” (a) tuesday (b) of (c) the (d) is
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) on (c) we (d) maths
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “puppy” (b) after “The” (c) after “it” (d) after “hungry”
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first wednesday of april.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Simran met Rahul at the station in agra.” (a) station (b) agra (c) the (d) at
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) aunt (d) baisakhi
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in chennai on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Patna.” (a) cousin (b) in (c) my (d) and
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin was born in the month of August.” (a) tenzin (b) the (c) born (d) was
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “The” (b) after “a” (c) after “lights” (d) after “out”
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “a” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “baked”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kochi starts in july.” (a) in (b) july (c) starts (d) fair
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last wednesday I went to Surat by train.” (a) train (b) wednesday (c) to (d) by
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) tuesday (b) have (c) we (d) maths
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun was born in the month of july.” (a) born (b) the (c) july (d) in
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) park (b) thursday (c) on (d) the
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “she” (d) after “pen”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav was born in the month of April.” (a) in (b) was (c) aarav (d) of
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) park (b) the (c) played (d) rohan
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) dog (b) i (c) on (d) with
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Delhi on Thursday.” (a) we (b) visited (c) in (d) old
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Monday of january.” (a) the (b) on (c) january (d) of
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to lucknow by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “The” (c) after “strong” (d) after “wind”
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Pune starts in September.” (a) starts (b) the (c) in (d) fair
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) in (b) lake (c) the (d) shimla
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Pune on Sunday.” (a) visited (b) we (c) old (d) fort
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “drank” (c) after “hot” (d) after “was”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) on (b) onam (c) all (d) our
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in delhi starts in january.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) school (b) our (c) reopens (d) the
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Delhi on friday.” (a) friday (b) in (c) the (d) visited
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2

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