Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 401 · 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?
   “riya wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) on (b) wore (c) riya (d) new
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “was” (b) after “shop” (c) after “closed” (d) after “went”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Aisha wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) on (b) new (c) pongal (d) clothes
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “got” (b) after “kite” (c) after “My” (d) after “stuck”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in patna starts in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Delhi for Onam last year.” (a) we (b) for (c) year (d) went
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “imran lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “bus” (b) after “we” (c) after “at” (d) after “late”
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Thursday of November.” (a) the (b) on (c) first (d) my
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha and simran will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) and (b) simran (c) come (d) house
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera met manav at the station in Agra.” (a) the (b) at (c) station (d) manav
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya met Tenzin at the station in chennai.” (a) chennai (b) met (c) at (d) the
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Lucknow on Friday.” (a) in (b) old (c) visited (d) we
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) for (d) eid
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of november.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of july.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “pooja was born in the month of October.” (a) in (b) pooja (c) born (d) was
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) all (b) on (c) holi (d) met
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “seed” (b) after “watered” (c) after “a” (d) after “Meera”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Surat on sunday.” (a) sunday (b) visited (c) on (d) the
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Mysuru for eid last year.” (a) for (b) to (c) last (d) eid
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Tuesday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) by (b) last (c) to (d) went
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “drank” (b) after “was” (c) after “hot” (d) after “cold”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in November.” (a) our (b) school (c) after (d) in
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “was” (b) after “our” (c) after “strong” (d) after “The”
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from patna in august.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ananya and Saanvi will come to my house on Monday.” (a) on (b) and (c) will (d) ananya
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha met arjun at the station in chennai.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
33. 33.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 “sky” (c) after “dark” (d) after “soon”
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
35. 35.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”
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to pune by train.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of June.” (a) on (b) my (c) of (d) first
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Indore for Onam last year.” (a) last (b) year (c) we (d) to
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav and Yash will come to my house on sunday.” (a) come (b) on (c) and (d) sunday

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