Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 718 · 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 surat.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) to (b) sunday (c) my (d) dog
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “The” (c) after “train” (d) after “arrived”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Aisha and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) played (b) tuesday (c) on (d) in
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “bell”
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “we” (b) after “was” (c) after “very” (d) after “hot”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “kabir was born in the month of october.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in indore on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “pooja and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in Lucknow.” (a) aarav (b) lives (c) in (d) the
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Lucknow starts in january.” (a) starts (b) in (c) big (d) january
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to agra for baisakhi last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “We” (c) after “the” (d) after “beach”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “it” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “smelled”
16. 16.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 “to” (c) after “sky” (d) after “dark”
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “The” (b) after “a” (c) after “lit” (d) after “out”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) aunt (d) baisakhi
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “nobody” (b) after “was” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “too”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash and manav will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin lives near the lake in Patna.” (a) in (b) lake (c) near (d) tenzin
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last wednesday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) went (b) wednesday (c) by (d) train
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to mysuru by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja was born in the month of april.” (a) born (b) month (c) april (d) in
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Agra in October.” (a) uncle (b) came (c) from (d) my
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera met ananya at the station in surat.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash met Kunal at the station in delhi.” (a) in (b) at (c) delhi (d) met
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on Pongal.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) on (d) imran
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran was born in the month of december.” (a) december (b) born (c) the (d) month
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “barked” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “was” (d) after “The”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in chennai.” (a) cousin (b) chennai (c) and (d) visited
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Chennai for Diwali last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) to (d) we
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Bhopal for Eid last year.” (a) for (b) year (c) we (d) went
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rahul and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) rahul (b) and (c) played (d) in
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Sunday i went to Agra by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) i (d) to
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Vikram wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) clothes (b) baisakhi (c) wore (d) new
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “farhan was born in the month of April.” (a) farhan (b) born (c) the (d) was
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2

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