Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 422 · 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?
   “the big fair in chennai starts in april.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “she” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “our”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) our (b) all (c) met (d) we
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “the” (c) after “we” (d) after “won”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to chennai for Eid last year.” (a) went (b) last (c) chennai (d) for
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “zoya lives near the lake in Mysuru.” (a) the (b) lives (c) zoya (d) lake
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in patna on Saturday.” (a) patna (b) in (c) fort (d) on
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Bhopal for Holi last year.” (a) year (b) to (c) we (d) went
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir was born in the month of april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in surat starts in december.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Indore in november.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) november (d) came
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Maria wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) on (b) wore (c) christmas (d) new
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) have (c) a (d) on
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “we” (b) after “cold” (c) after “It” (d) after “hot”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya and Meera will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) my (b) on (c) house (d) tuesday
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “over” (c) after “turned” (d) after “boiled”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul was born in the month of january.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Kochi on Monday.” (a) we (b) visited (c) fort (d) on
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) met (b) christmas (c) our (d) all
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Chennai starts in july.” (a) in (b) july (c) starts (d) big
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav lives near the lake in patna.” (a) in (b) near (c) patna (d) lives
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya met tenzin at the station in Kolkata.” (a) in (b) at (c) station (d) tenzin
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “it” (d) after “baked”
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in delhi starts in november.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav met Kavya at the station in agra.” (a) the (b) met (c) at (d) agra
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to chennai for Christmas last year.” (a) chennai (b) for (c) went (d) to
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “was” (b) after “The” (c) after “late” (d) after “waited”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in mysuru.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) my (d) for
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha was born in the month of april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) clothes (b) imran (c) wore (d) on
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.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 “The” (c) after “shop” (d) after “closed”
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in mysuru.” (a) a (b) mysuru (c) visited (d) zoo
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Monday I went to delhi by train.” (a) train (b) delhi (c) went (d) to

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