Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 708 · 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?
   “maria was born in the month of October.” (a) the (b) of (c) maria (d) born
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “arjun lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) lake (b) in (c) arjun (d) lives
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from chennai in February.” (a) uncle (b) chennai (c) in (d) came
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from mysuru in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “rohan and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) in (b) park (c) rohan (d) the
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in mysuru on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Mysuru.” (a) cousin (b) visited (c) i (d) a
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in delhi.” (a) zoo (b) a (c) cousin (d) delhi
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Rahul and Farhan will come to my house on saturday.” (a) will (b) my (c) saturday (d) house
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to jaipur for christmas last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) in (b) and (c) thursday (d) played
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Tuesday I went to Agra by train.” (a) went (b) train (c) to (d) last
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
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 “then” (b) after “homework” (c) after “read” (d) after “my”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Delhi in april.” (a) from (b) in (c) came (d) april
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Saturday of August.” (a) is (b) first (c) my (d) birthday
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) we (b) cousins (c) on (d) our
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and yash will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “teacher” (b) after “The” (c) after “liked” (d) after “smiled”
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Saturday i went to Shimla by train.” (a) to (b) i (c) train (d) went
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) to (b) go (c) park (d) saturday
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “her” (b) after “looked” (c) after “pen” (d) after “lost”
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “sneha lives near the lake in Indore.” (a) lake (b) in (c) lives (d) sneha
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to chennai for Diwali last year.” (a) for (b) went (c) chennai (d) last
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “children” (c) after “The” (d) after “ran”
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in lucknow on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of february.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) the (b) lives (c) in (d) chennai
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kochi for baisakhi last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Agra starts in December.” (a) starts (b) the (c) fair (d) big
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “The” (b) after “were” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “we”
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last sunday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5

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