Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 575 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) saturday (c) have (d) in
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “back” (b) after “closed” (c) after “we” (d) after “shop”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) our (b) met (c) we (d) on
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Delhi for christmas last year.” (a) last (b) christmas (c) went (d) to
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Chennai in January.” (a) came (b) my (c) in (d) from
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from mysuru in august.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “nisha lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to agra for Baisakhi last year.” (a) for (b) last (c) agra (d) to
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Surat by train.” (a) to (b) tuesday (c) went (d) by
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of november.” (a) birthday (b) the (c) first (d) november
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kavya lives near the lake in Jaipur.” (a) in (b) kavya (c) the (d) near
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “boiled” (b) after “over” (c) after “off” (d) after “The”
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in jaipur on wednesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “Meera” (b) after “planted” (c) after “seed” (d) after “she”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of January.” (a) of (b) born (c) month (d) priya
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Pune for Diwali last year.” (a) we (b) went (c) last (d) to
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja was born in the month of february.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) our (b) all (c) cousins (d) pongal
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in indore on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Wednesday of april.” (a) of (b) on (c) april (d) birthday
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “The” (b) after “lights” (c) after “lit” (d) after “out”
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “puppy” (b) after “it” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “The”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Monday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) by (b) last (c) train (d) went
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) our (b) cousins (c) diwali (d) on
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Agra starts in october.” (a) fair (b) in (c) starts (d) october
31. 31.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 “hello” (c) after “The” (d) after “talk”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran and i played in the park on Thursday.” (a) played (b) in (c) i (d) and
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in delhi starts in december.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in surat on Wednesday.” (a) surat (b) fort (c) in (d) on
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in patna.” (a) and (b) patna (c) in (d) visited
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya and yash will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Thursday I went to Surat by train.” (a) train (b) by (c) to (d) last
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “looked” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

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