Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 557 · 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?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “got” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “on”
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “was” (b) after “for” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “barked”
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) aunt (d) my
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “to” (c) after “dark” (d) after “The”
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “teacher” (b) after “our” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “she”
7. 7.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 “lost”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in chennai on Saturday.” (a) the (b) on (c) chennai (d) fort
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in patna starts in june.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Jaipur on saturday.” (a) old (b) fort (c) saturday (d) visited
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) on (b) all (c) diwali (d) cousins
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aisha was born in the month of August.” (a) aisha (b) the (c) in (d) born
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Saturday of february.” (a) is (b) the (c) february (d) of
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) all (b) on (c) our (d) we
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in shimla on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Jaipur in october.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) october (d) came
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Mysuru in september.” (a) in (b) from (c) september (d) uncle
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “every” (b) after “can” (c) after “talk” (d) after “it”
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “off” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “fell” (d) after “Kabir”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in shimla on Thursday.” (a) in (b) old (c) on (d) shimla
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lights” (b) after “went” (c) after “out” (d) after “a”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja met rohan at the station in Jaipur.” (a) station (b) rohan (c) in (d) met
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha met kunal at the station in jaipur.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun was born in the month of april.” (a) month (b) the (c) april (d) born
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) in (b) school (c) february (d) the
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) near (b) lives (c) the (d) chennai
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) played (b) in (c) vikram (d) on
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran met Kabir at the station in chennai.” (a) met (b) the (c) in (d) chennai
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) baisakhi (b) all (c) on (d) our
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) onam (b) on (c) our (d) all
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first monday of October.” (a) monday (b) is (c) first (d) of
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in december.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kochi on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin and I played in the park on Monday.” (a) played (b) tenzin (c) and (d) park
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “reached” (b) after “sand” (c) after “beach” (d) after “the”

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