Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 615 · 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.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Tuesday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) by (b) to (c) last (d) went
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to agra for baisakhi last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
3. 3.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 “late” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from shimla in november.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “people” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) we (b) our (c) on (d) cousins
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “then” (b) after “homework” (c) after “read” (d) after “finished”
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria lives near the lake in surat.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) met (b) all (c) pongal (d) cousins
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) have (c) on (d) test
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “she” (d) after “The”
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “ran” (c) after “rang” (d) after “children”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) cousins (b) diwali (c) all (d) our
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav and Meera will come to my house on Friday.” (a) will (b) manav (c) and (d) come
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “drank” (c) after “cold” (d) after “hot”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from kochi in January.” (a) in (b) from (c) uncle (d) kochi
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and kunal will come to my house on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya lives near the lake in agra.” (a) agra (b) in (c) the (d) lake
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in january.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) i (b) dog (c) the (d) go
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan met aarav at the station in Pune.” (a) aarav (b) the (c) station (d) met
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kolkata on Sunday.” (a) in (b) on (c) old (d) kolkata
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Monday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) to (b) went (c) by (d) last
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram was born in the month of January.” (a) vikram (b) born (c) in (d) the
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran and kunal will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) thursday (b) and (c) played (d) in
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of November.” (a) the (b) first (c) my (d) of
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “to” (c) after “sky” (d) after “turned”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Priya wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) christmas (d) on
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3

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