Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 514 · 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?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “cold” (b) after “It” (c) after “hot” (d) after “drank”
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from patna in july.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “umbrella” (b) after “turned” (c) after “strong” (d) after “wind”
4. 4.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 “ripe” (c) after “The” (d) after “picked”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in chennai on wednesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) cousins (b) on (c) all (d) pongal
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “vikram was born in the month of November.” (a) in (b) was (c) vikram (d) month
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “rang” (c) after “bell” (d) after “children”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) our (b) met (c) we (d) all
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Agra for eid last year.” (a) eid (b) to (c) for (d) year
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) for (d) diwali
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara was born in the month of april.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of february.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav and simran will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) house (b) come (c) will (d) simran
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “it” (b) after “turned” (c) after “dark” (d) after “began”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) sunday (c) we (d) test
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) in (b) a (c) i (d) visited
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera and tara will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of February.” (a) in (b) priya (c) month (d) the
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of april.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) aunt (d) eid
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first wednesday of november.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from jaipur in July.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) jaipur (d) came
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) made (b) onam (c) aunt (d) for
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Mysuru starts in july.” (a) fair (b) in (c) july (d) starts
30. 30.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 “she”
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) holidays (b) after (c) the (d) february
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) pongal (b) wore (c) new (d) on
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Kochi starts in September.” (a) fair (b) big (c) starts (d) the
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Saanvi and kunal will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) on (b) kunal (c) house (d) come
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev was born in the month of November.” (a) dev (b) of (c) the (d) in
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) to (b) my (c) go (d) tuesday
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “riya and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) riya (b) on (c) and (d) park
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) sweets (b) aunt (c) for (d) holi

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