Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 378 · 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?
   “tara lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) near (b) lives (c) the (d) tara
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) made (b) for (c) my (d) sweets
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “omkar was born in the month of june.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Delhi for holi last year.” (a) for (b) last (c) holi (d) to
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “was” (b) after “We” (c) after “reached” (d) after “beach”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Pune.” (a) visited (b) cousin (c) i (d) and
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “rahul and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “rohan met Dev at the station in Indore.” (a) rohan (b) the (c) at (d) met
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kochi starts in september.” (a) september (b) fair (c) big (d) in
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from kochi in August.” (a) came (b) kochi (c) from (d) uncle
12. 12.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 “practised” (c) after “hard” (d) after “won”
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Surat in september.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) came (d) september
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “omkar wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) maths (c) in (d) have
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “The” (b) after “we” (c) after “boiled” (d) after “over”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) clothes (b) on (c) wore (d) imran
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Kochi.” (a) a (b) i (c) visited (d) cousin
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) lake (b) lives (c) lucknow (d) in
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kunal and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) kunal (b) the (c) and (d) played
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “people” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “on”
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “she” (b) after “pen” (c) after “lost” (d) after “looked”
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kunal and i played in the park on Sunday.” (a) i (b) the (c) park (d) and
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from indore in august.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to kochi by train.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 3
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) november (b) school (c) reopens (d) holidays
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Sunday.” (a) go (b) to (c) i (d) the
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in lucknow on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) for (b) made (c) pongal (d) aunt
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “man” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “a” (d) after “it”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) all (b) christmas (c) met (d) our
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) we (d) on
36. 36.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 “it” (c) after “dark” (d) after “to”
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Chennai.” (a) visited (b) cousin (c) i (d) a
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Kolkata for diwali last year.” (a) diwali (b) to (c) went (d) for
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to chennai for diwali last year.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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