Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 501 · 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?
   “we visited the old fort in Jaipur on Thursday.” (a) in (b) visited (c) we (d) fort
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “was” (c) after “hot” (d) after “very”
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 “were” (b) after “mangoes” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “a”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “people” (b) after “on” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “got”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last wednesday I went to Surat by train.” (a) to (b) went (c) by (d) wednesday
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Jaipur on wednesday.” (a) visited (b) wednesday (c) old (d) fort
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in kochi on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “rang” (c) after “ran” (d) after “bell”
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Manav and Kabir will come to my house on monday.” (a) come (b) monday (c) to (d) and
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in chennai.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in indore starts in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) in (b) after (c) school (d) our
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “smiled” (b) after “our” (c) after “teacher” (d) after “she”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kunal was born in the month of January.” (a) born (b) kunal (c) the (d) in
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Chennai for diwali last year.” (a) diwali (b) to (c) for (d) went
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “ate” (b) after “The” (c) after “too” (d) after “sweet”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Wednesday I went to Lucknow by train.” (a) by (b) last (c) train (d) to
19. 19.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 “hungry” (c) after “for” (d) after “was”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) made (b) aunt (c) holi (d) sweets
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “dark” (c) after “to” (d) after “it”
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash was born in the month of january.” (a) born (b) month (c) in (d) january
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Surat starts in november.” (a) in (b) big (c) november (d) fair
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from lucknow in july.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Delhi.” (a) i (b) zoo (c) in (d) visited
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Chennai in august.” (a) from (b) august (c) in (d) uncle
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya was born in the month of november.” (a) month (b) november (c) born (d) of
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) met (b) cousins (c) our (d) we
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “says” (b) after “The” (c) after “talk” (d) after “can”
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran lives near the lake in mysuru.” (a) lives (b) lake (c) the (d) mysuru
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Indore for Baisakhi last year.” (a) to (b) last (c) we (d) year
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) dog (b) i (c) with (d) on
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Riya was born in the month of september.” (a) september (b) the (c) month (d) of
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Friday of September.” (a) the (b) first (c) my (d) on
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Shimla starts in July.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) big (d) the
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan and Maria will come to my house on thursday.” (a) thursday (b) will (c) house (d) and
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “Kabir” (b) after “off” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “his”

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