Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 581 · 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?
   “we went to pune for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “for” (b) after “it” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “The”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Patna on Thursday.” (a) the (b) old (c) we (d) in
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “the big fair in Kochi starts in February.” (a) starts (b) big (c) fair (d) the
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first wednesday of december.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “she” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “looked” (d) after “pen”
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “The” (c) after “we” (d) after “mangoes”
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “yash lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “hurt” (b) after “Kabir” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “fell”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram met Rahul at the station in Indore.” (a) met (b) vikram (c) in (d) at
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kunal lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) near (b) the (c) lives (d) jaipur
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “was” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “The”
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “smelled” (d) after “a”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Surat for Baisakhi last year.” (a) we (b) for (c) year (d) to
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) school (b) after (c) june (d) reopens
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) manav (d) new
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kolkata on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “we” (b) after “late” (c) after “was” (d) after “at”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria lives near the lake in Indore.” (a) lake (b) in (c) near (d) maria
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Isha and saanvi will come to my house on Monday.” (a) on (b) saanvi (c) will (d) come
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last monday I went to Agra by train.” (a) went (b) monday (c) by (d) to
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first wednesday of October.” (a) on (b) is (c) wednesday (d) the
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kunal and Ananya will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) to (b) come (c) on (d) kunal
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for pongal last year.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) wednesday (c) have (d) we
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Mysuru on thursday.” (a) visited (b) the (c) thursday (d) fort
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun was born in the month of october.” (a) of (b) in (c) october (d) was
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in kolkata starts in april.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha and ananya will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “it” (b) after “can” (c) after “parrot” (d) after “talk”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria was born in the month of September.” (a) in (b) maria (c) month (d) was
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya was born in the month of june.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) the (b) reopens (c) september (d) after
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “practised” (b) after “team” (c) after “hard” (d) after “we”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) diwali (d) on
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kolkata.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Shimla by train.” (a) by (b) went (c) tuesday (d) to

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