Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 449 · 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?
   “Last wednesday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) wednesday (b) went (c) by (d) to
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
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 “went” (d) after “we”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kavya was born in the month of January.” (a) kavya (b) of (c) was (d) the
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “riya wore new clothes on Christmas.” (a) wore (b) riya (c) on (d) clothes
6. 6.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 “homework” (c) after “a” (d) after “then”
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “waited” (b) after “late” (c) after “bus” (d) after “was”
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in surat starts in december.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in agra on Thursday.” (a) agra (b) on (c) fort (d) visited
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Saturday of October.” (a) of (b) first (c) the (d) my
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 4
12. 12.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 “we” (c) after “It” (d) after “cold”
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Chennai.” (a) and (b) my (c) zoo (d) cousin
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) cousins (b) met (c) holi (d) on
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from agra in January.” (a) came (b) from (c) in (d) agra
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) cousin (b) jaipur (c) in (d) and
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from agra in july.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) on (b) pongal (c) met (d) all
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first thursday of february.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha wore new clothes on holi.” (a) holi (b) on (c) new (d) clothes
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) a (c) monday (d) in
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan was born in the month of august.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara and isha will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) isha (b) come (c) will (d) house
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in october.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
27. 27.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 “a” (c) after “kite” (d) after “stuck”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) go (c) to (d) on
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “she” (b) after “looked” (c) after “pen” (d) after “her”
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “the” (b) after “Arjun” (c) after “race” (d) after “for”
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Lucknow starts in February.” (a) the (b) in (c) big (d) fair
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Saturday of February.” (a) on (b) my (c) birthday (d) is
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “hungry” (b) after “The” (c) after “it” (d) after “barked”
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “sleeping” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) eid (b) sweets (c) for (d) made
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Surat in September.” (a) came (b) in (c) uncle (d) my
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram was born in the month of september.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan and zoya will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1

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