Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 663 · 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?
   “on Thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) test (c) on (d) have
2. 2.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 “mangoes” (c) after “picked” (d) after “were”
3. 3.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 “liked” (d) after “teacher”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kunal and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) the (b) in (c) and (d) thursday
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “second” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “cake” (d) after “a”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “priya met farhan at the station in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Monday I went to Kolkata by train.” (a) last (b) went (c) train (d) by
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “ishaan lives near the lake in Lucknow.” (a) the (b) lives (c) ishaan (d) in
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “baked” (b) after “cake” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “smelled”
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Jaipur.” (a) and (b) i (c) in (d) a
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from shimla in april.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) a (c) test (d) on
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
15. 15.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 “waited” (c) after “we” (d) after “The”
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in delhi starts in july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Bhopal on Saturday.” (a) we (b) in (c) on (d) the
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “for” (b) after “race” (c) after “cheered” (d) after “won”
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) in (c) on (d) we
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) on (c) have (d) in
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) new (b) rohan (c) on (d) clothes
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) for (d) my
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Indore on sunday.” (a) fort (b) old (c) sunday (d) in
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to agra by train.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 3
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first thursday of december.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) met (b) we (c) on (d) our
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) we (d) met
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “can” (b) after “it” (c) after “talk” (d) after “The”
31. 31.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 “bicycle” (c) after “fell” (d) after “he”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from lucknow in november.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to shimla for eid last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Kochi on thursday.” (a) thursday (b) on (c) fort (d) visited
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran and Kunal will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) will (b) imran (c) my (d) to
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) met (b) cousins (c) onam (d) our
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for onam last year.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3

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