Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 730 · 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?
   “yash wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first Sunday of july.” (a) july (b) birthday (c) the (d) first
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Imran met arjun at the station in Mysuru.” (a) met (b) in (c) arjun (d) station
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in bhopal.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) we (c) have (d) saturday
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from pune in august.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
10. 10.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 “mangoes” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “a”
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “out” (b) after “lit” (c) after “lights” (d) after “went”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in February.” (a) school (b) our (c) the (d) reopens
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) maths (c) test (d) on
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun and Farhan will come to my house on friday.” (a) to (b) on (c) my (d) friday
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) on (b) new (c) wore (d) pongal
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) on (b) dog (c) friday (d) my
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph wore new clothes on holi.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) new (d) holi
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kochi starts in september.” (a) in (b) fair (c) big (d) september
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Saturday of november.” (a) the (b) on (c) november (d) birthday
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “the” (b) after “won” (c) after “hard” (d) after “Our”
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in pune on Monday.” (a) old (b) in (c) on (d) pune
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in mysuru starts in august.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Thursday.” (a) i (b) on (c) to (d) with
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Nisha lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) lucknow (b) lake (c) lives (d) the
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav wore new clothes on holi.” (a) wore (b) clothes (c) holi (d) on
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “pen” (c) after “she” (d) after “Riya”
28. 28.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”
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Jaipur in June.” (a) from (b) in (c) my (d) uncle
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kunal met meera at the station in Chennai.” (a) meera (b) at (c) station (d) met
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aisha met Diya at the station in Lucknow.” (a) the (b) in (c) station (d) aisha
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “Arjun” (b) after “race” (c) after “the” (d) after “cheered”
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Isha and rahul will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) will (b) rahul (c) come (d) to
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya wore new clothes on holi.” (a) new (b) holi (c) wore (d) on
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav and dev will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3

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