Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 595 · 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 bhopal.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) made (b) my (c) aunt (d) sweets
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “hello” (c) after “The” (d) after “parrot”
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “seed” (b) after “planted” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “watered”
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in chennai on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from indore in October.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) indore (d) in
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) in (c) have (d) on
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha met Arjun at the station in Chennai.” (a) nisha (b) met (c) at (d) station
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “a” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “The” (d) after “second”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from patna in April.” (a) from (b) patna (c) came (d) in
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “it” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “My” (d) after “kind”
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “it” (c) after “cake” (d) after “Grandma”
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “baby” (c) after “we” (d) after “was”
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) lake (b) jaipur (c) the (d) in
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “cheered” (b) after “everyone” (c) after “won” (d) after “race”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “zoya met Manav at the station in Jaipur.” (a) zoya (b) the (c) station (d) met
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “we” (c) after “was” (d) after “at”
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “turned” (c) after “sky” (d) after “dark”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) met (b) our (c) we (d) cousins
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “diya lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “arjun and Dev will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) to (b) house (c) and (d) arjun
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “saanvi met Kavya at the station in Kolkata.” (a) in (b) met (c) saanvi (d) at
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) on (b) we (c) cousins (d) met
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “priya and I played in the park on Monday.” (a) park (b) priya (c) and (d) in
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) met (b) on (c) all (d) onam
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “shop” (b) after “closed” (c) after “went” (d) after “The”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “reached” (c) after “the” (d) after “was”
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first wednesday of october.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to shimla by train.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) go (b) thursday (c) the (d) park
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in chennai.” (a) zoo (b) chennai (c) a (d) and
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in indore.” (a) in (b) cousin (c) a (d) indore
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “children” (c) after “rang” (d) after “ran”

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