Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 424 · 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?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “was” (c) after “baby” (d) after “sleeping”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “shop” (c) after “back” (d) after “was”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Tara lives near the lake in patna.” (a) patna (b) lives (c) lake (d) near
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first monday of january.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “saanvi and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
7. 7.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 “we” (c) after “out” (d) after “went”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Patna for holi last year.” (a) last (b) holi (c) to (d) for
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) all (b) our (c) cousins (d) we
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar met Isha at the station in jaipur.” (a) the (b) station (c) jaipur (d) at
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) cousins (b) all (c) our (d) we
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) park (b) to (c) with (d) sunday
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “Riya” (b) after “pen” (c) after “looked” (d) after “lost”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) met (b) our (c) all (d) diwali
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav wore new clothes on onam.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) onam (d) on
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash met rohan at the station in indore.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “then” (b) after “I” (c) after “read” (d) after “homework”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Kolkata on Wednesday.” (a) in (b) we (c) the (d) fort
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in chennai on Saturday.” (a) old (b) in (c) on (d) chennai
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja and Diya will come to my house on saturday.” (a) come (b) saturday (c) and (d) to
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “we” (c) after “The” (d) after “over”
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) new (b) wore (c) vikram (d) clothes
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for baisakhi last year.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “it” (d) after “cake”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) wore (b) on (c) diwali (d) new
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Christmas.” (a) my (b) aunt (c) for (d) made
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) played (b) rohan (c) and (d) on
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “sand” (c) after “was” (d) after “reached”
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) all (b) met (c) our (d) onam
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun was born in the month of january.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “Meera” (c) after “seed” (d) after “a”
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Bhopal in april.” (a) came (b) in (c) uncle (d) april
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev lives near the lake in Shimla.” (a) the (b) lives (c) lake (d) dev
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “drank” (c) after “we” (d) after “was”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav met Pooja at the station in Mysuru.” (a) manav (b) met (c) the (d) at
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last sunday I went to Lucknow by train.” (a) by (b) went (c) sunday (d) train
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun and isha will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3

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