Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 720 · 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 teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “she” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “The” (d) after “liked”
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “boiled” (b) after “The” (c) after “over” (d) after “off”
3. 3.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 “read” (c) after “my” (d) after “then”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “The” (b) after “closed” (c) after “shop” (d) after “went”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to pune for christmas last year.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Agra on tuesday.” (a) the (b) fort (c) old (d) tuesday
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “drank” (c) after “very” (d) after “cold”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first saturday of June.” (a) first (b) on (c) birthday (d) saturday
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in september.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) our (b) all (c) diwali (d) met
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of april.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
13. 13.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 “The” (c) after “sky” (d) after “turned”
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Tuesday of June.” (a) my (b) first (c) of (d) is
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “We” (b) after “beach” (c) after “sand” (d) after “the”
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “we” (b) after “was” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “The”
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lit” (b) after “out” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) tuesday (b) a (c) maths (d) have
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “says” (b) after “The” (c) after “every” (d) after “talk”
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) aunt (b) for (c) my (d) made
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) all (b) cousins (c) our (d) we
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) lake (b) jaipur (c) the (d) near
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “puppy” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “barked” (d) after “The”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) wore (b) on (c) clothes (d) diwali
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “a” (c) after “baked” (d) after “smelled”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Lucknow starts in November.” (a) starts (b) the (c) fair (d) in
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “omkar met manav at the station in jaipur.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first thursday of november.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran was born in the month of January.” (a) imran (b) month (c) was (d) of
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) for (b) made (c) baisakhi (d) aunt
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash met Diya at the station in jaipur.” (a) jaipur (b) the (c) at (d) in
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “a” (b) after “watered” (c) after “it” (d) after “seed”
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar lives near the lake in patna.” (a) the (b) lives (c) patna (d) in

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