Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 430 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lit” (b) after “The” (c) after “went” (d) after “out”
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “watered” (b) after “seed” (c) after “a” (d) after “it”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “mangoes” (c) after “we” (d) after “picked”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “her” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) for (b) baisakhi (c) made (d) aunt
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in jaipur starts in december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “hurt” (b) after “he” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “off”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Yash and Ananya will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) house (b) on (c) tuesday (d) will
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “it” (b) after “talk” (c) after “The” (d) after “parrot”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Jaipur on Thursday.” (a) we (b) fort (c) old (d) the
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) aunt (d) pongal
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) pongal (b) all (c) met (d) our
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “barked” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “for”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in chennai starts in november.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from pune in April.” (a) pune (b) in (c) from (d) uncle
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “I” (b) after “read” (c) after “homework” (d) after “my”
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “bell” (c) after “ran” (d) after “The”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev and Maria will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) come (b) on (c) house (d) dev
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “The” (b) after “dark” (c) after “sky” (d) after “began”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in indore.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi and dev will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Bhopal in October.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) from (d) my
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in november.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) sweets (b) eid (c) aunt (d) for
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara was born in the month of january.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “for” (b) after “race” (c) after “the” (d) after “won”
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) go (b) wednesday (c) with (d) dog
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in september.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya and rohan will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) holidays (b) january (c) in (d) after
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha was born in the month of january.” (a) month (b) the (c) was (d) january
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for eid last year.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
35. 35.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 “baked” (d) after “smelled”
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “nobody” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “ate” (d) after “second”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Tuesday of August.” (a) the (b) on (c) my (d) is
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev and i played in the park on Thursday.” (a) on (b) the (c) and (d) i
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) on (b) tara (c) wore (d) new

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