Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 591 · 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?
   “joseph and zoya will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “waited” (b) after “was” (c) after “late” (d) after “The”
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “rahul and zoya will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “The” (b) after “dark” (c) after “to” (d) after “soon”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to indore for Baisakhi last year.” (a) for (b) last (c) indore (d) year
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kavya lives near the lake in Pune.” (a) lake (b) in (c) the (d) kavya
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 “mangoes” (b) after “a” (c) after “picked” (d) after “ripe”
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “diya met manav at the station in indore.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “riya was born in the month of June.” (a) of (b) in (c) was (d) riya
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “simran was born in the month of October.” (a) born (b) simran (c) month (d) of
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “drank” (b) after “hot” (c) after “we” (d) after “was”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Indore in February.” (a) from (b) my (c) uncle (d) in
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “team” (b) after “hard” (c) after “won” (d) after “practised”
16. 16.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 “hello” (c) after “parrot” (d) after “talk”
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “a” (b) after “my” (c) after “finished” (d) after “homework”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) for (b) made (c) my (d) aunt
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) park (b) monday (c) go (d) with
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) sweets (b) aunt (c) for (d) my
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to indore for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “got” (b) after “kind” (c) after “stuck” (d) after “it”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) met (b) on (c) cousins (d) holi
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “her” (c) after “looked” (d) after “she”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Mysuru starts in July.” (a) starts (b) in (c) the (d) fair
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Agra starts in april.” (a) big (b) in (c) april (d) fair
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in bhopal.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in chennai starts in July.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) chennai (d) in
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) on (c) maths (d) in
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Wednesday of April.” (a) of (b) is (c) birthday (d) my
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara and Priya will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) and (b) tara (c) come (d) my
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from shimla in august.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from shimla in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in september.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “saanvi wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) saanvi (d) wore
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in Bhopal.” (a) lives (b) lake (c) the (d) aarav

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