Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 673 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “umbrella” (c) after “inside” (d) after “strong”
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from lucknow in december.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in bhopal on Friday.” (a) visited (b) old (c) on (d) bhopal
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “was” (b) after “closed” (c) after “back” (d) after “shop”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from lucknow in october.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “zoya lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Farhan and Isha will come to my house on monday.” (a) to (b) will (c) monday (d) come
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) for (b) my (c) sweets (d) aunt
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) on (b) cousins (c) our (d) eid
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “late” (c) after “waited” (d) after “at”
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “train” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “got”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) met (b) diwali (c) our (d) cousins
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) cousins (b) on (c) all (d) baisakhi
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan met aisha at the station in Kolkata.” (a) station (b) in (c) met (d) aisha
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) manav (b) the (c) in (d) lake
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “homework” (b) after “finished” (c) after “a” (d) after “I”
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to kolkata for Diwali last year.” (a) went (b) kolkata (c) last (d) to
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “Riya” (b) after “looked” (c) after “pen” (d) after “her”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from lucknow in January.” (a) lucknow (b) from (c) in (d) came
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran met priya at the station in shimla.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) we (b) all (c) our (d) met
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of August.” (a) first (b) my (c) birthday (d) on
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) all (d) we
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to delhi by train.” (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Patna in august.” (a) came (b) august (c) from (d) uncle
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last friday i went to surat by train.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 6
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in lucknow on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Thursday I went to Mysuru by train.” (a) to (b) last (c) train (d) went
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in agra on Sunday.” (a) fort (b) on (c) the (d) agra
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Kolkata.” (a) and (b) visited (c) i (d) a
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in bhopal on Monday.” (a) the (b) visited (c) on (d) bhopal
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya and ishaan will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in surat starts in august.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “It” (c) after “drank” (d) after “hot”
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of december.” (a) on (b) is (c) birthday (d) december
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in agra starts in december.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5

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