Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 737 · 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 lucknow.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Maria wore new clothes on onam.” (a) clothes (b) wore (c) onam (d) on
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in mysuru on Friday.” (a) old (b) the (c) in (d) mysuru
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “it” (b) after “seed” (c) after “watered” (d) after “she”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in agra on Monday.” (a) old (b) fort (c) agra (d) on
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “she” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Mysuru for Onam last year.” (a) we (b) for (c) last (d) went
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in shimla.” (a) and (b) zoo (c) shimla (d) a
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last Thursday i went to Bhopal by train.” (a) went (b) by (c) train (d) i
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) made (b) my (c) aunt (d) sweets
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Pune in june.” (a) june (b) from (c) came (d) in
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to lucknow for Christmas last year.” (a) last (b) for (c) to (d) lucknow
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Delhi in July.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) my (d) from
14. 14.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 “The” (c) after “was” (d) after “sweet”
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “was” (b) after “very” (c) after “we” (d) after “hot”
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in December.” (a) after (b) holidays (c) in (d) our
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “waited” (b) after “The” (c) after “at” (d) after “late”
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) all (b) on (c) we (d) our
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Chennai for Holi last year.” (a) for (b) last (c) to (d) we
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to bhopal for eid last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “basket” (c) after “were” (d) after “mangoes”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Shimla on Monday.” (a) the (b) old (c) we (d) on
27. 27.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 “we” (c) after “out” (d) after “went”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) new (b) on (c) wore (d) christmas
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir and i played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) i (b) on (c) and (d) played
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Bhopal for Pongal last year.” (a) year (b) last (c) to (d) we
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) on (b) our (c) met (d) we
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Chennai in November.” (a) my (b) in (c) uncle (d) came
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “The” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “was”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) my (b) for (c) aunt (d) sweets
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Jaipur.” (a) i (b) a (c) cousin (d) visited
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “riya wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) new (b) wore (c) clothes (d) riya
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Lucknow on Saturday.” (a) we (b) old (c) fort (d) in
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) our (b) on (c) met (d) christmas

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