Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 528 · 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 Agra by train.” (a) by (b) went (c) wednesday (d) to
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “pooja lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in kolkata starts in april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
4. 4.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 “out” (c) after “a” (d) after “we”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “maria was born in the month of January.” (a) born (b) in (c) maria (d) the
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kabir was born in the month of january.” (a) month (b) january (c) was (d) of
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) in (b) school (c) the (d) december
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last thursday I went to Lucknow by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) by (d) thursday
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) my (b) for (c) sweets (d) aunt
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Shimla starts in december.” (a) december (b) starts (c) in (d) fair
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “The” (b) after “it” (c) after “talk” (d) after “can”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on friday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) test (c) we (d) wednesday
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “was” (c) after “bus” (d) after “late”
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from agra in june.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to bhopal for pongal last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) isha (b) clothes (c) new (d) wore
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “planted” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “seed”
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) saturday (b) my (c) to (d) go
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) we (d) on
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin and I played in the park on Monday.” (a) tenzin (b) played (c) and (d) park
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to agra by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya and Dev will come to my house on friday.” (a) come (b) on (c) my (d) friday
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “sky” (b) after “dark” (c) after “The” (d) after “turned”
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for eid last year.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin met Joseph at the station in Shimla.” (a) the (b) station (c) at (d) tenzin
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Agra for Diwali last year.” (a) last (b) went (c) to (d) we
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of june.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Diya and maria will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) come (b) my (c) will (d) maria
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) aunt (b) for (c) sweets (d) pongal
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav and I played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) and (b) played (c) manav (d) the
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “over” (b) after “turned” (c) after “The” (d) after “milk”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to delhi for Christmas last year.” (a) delhi (b) last (c) for (d) went
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in kolkata starts in January.” (a) in (b) kolkata (c) big (d) fair
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Kochi starts in June.” (a) fair (b) big (c) the (d) starts

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