Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 509 · 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?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “read” (b) after “my” (c) after “homework” (d) after “I”
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Delhi on Wednesday.” (a) we (b) fort (c) the (d) visited
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Kolkata on sunday.” (a) in (b) visited (c) sunday (d) old
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) met (b) our (c) onam (d) cousins
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in jaipur on Tuesday.” (a) visited (b) old (c) the (d) jaipur
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “dev and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in bhopal on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Jaipur on saturday.” (a) old (b) fort (c) saturday (d) visited
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) a (c) in (d) have
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “parrot” (b) after “every” (c) after “The” (d) after “talk”
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “cake” (d) after “baked”
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “mangoes” (b) after “The” (c) after “basket” (d) after “ripe”
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “shop” (b) after “closed” (c) after “we” (d) after “The”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “arjun wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) arjun (b) new (c) wore (d) clothes
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) my (b) made (c) sweets (d) for
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last sunday i went to surat by train.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “was” (b) after “very” (c) after “hot” (d) after “we”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) holi (b) all (c) met (d) on
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and omkar will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) my (b) i (c) go (d) dog
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Pune starts in June.” (a) in (b) starts (c) the (d) fair
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “meera lives near the lake in Kochi.” (a) lives (b) lake (c) meera (d) near
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav met Arjun at the station in agra.” (a) the (b) agra (c) station (d) at
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) my (b) aunt (c) sweets (d) made
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya lives near the lake in agra.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) park (b) my (c) to (d) i
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “it” (c) after “soon” (d) after “The”
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “sleeping” (c) after “we” (d) after “spoke”
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last friday i went to pune by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Patna on Wednesday.” (a) old (b) we (c) fort (d) visited
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya met yash at the station in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last thursday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) to (b) by (c) train (d) thursday

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