Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 741 · 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?
   “we went to jaipur for eid last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “back” (b) after “was” (c) after “went” (d) after “closed”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “for” (b) after “race” (c) after “everyone” (d) after “the”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “sky” (b) after “The” (c) after “dark” (d) after “soon”
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “cold” (b) after “hot” (c) after “very” (d) after “drank”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “meera and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) the (b) and (c) meera (d) played
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “baby” (c) after “we” (d) after “spoke”
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first thursday of July.” (a) birthday (b) on (c) thursday (d) of
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Agra on Tuesday.” (a) old (b) on (c) fort (d) we
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “can” (b) after “talk” (c) after “it” (d) after “every”
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “bus” (c) after “waited” (d) after “at”
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “strong” (c) after “inside” (d) after “our”
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “train” (b) after “on” (c) after “got” (d) after “arrived”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya was born in the month of june.” (a) the (b) born (c) june (d) in
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir lives near the lake in mysuru.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to indore by train.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 5
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) in (c) maths (d) on
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) school (b) the (c) december (d) reopens
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “it” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “cake”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in surat on Sunday.” (a) visited (b) fort (c) surat (d) in
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “was” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “it” (d) after “for”
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kochi for diwali last year.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
27. 27.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 “turned” (c) after “milk” (d) after “over”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Patna in november.” (a) uncle (b) november (c) in (d) came
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “she” (c) after “looked” (d) after “her”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “priya and Rahul will come to my house on Monday.” (a) priya (b) to (c) my (d) will
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in indore starts in february.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) have (c) tuesday (d) we
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to kochi by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to delhi for Pongal last year.” (a) went (b) last (c) to (d) delhi
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “arjun lives near the lake in Indore.” (a) the (b) arjun (c) near (d) lake
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “planted” (b) after “watered” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “seed”
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of august.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “rang” (c) after “The” (d) after “children”
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Isha met yash at the station in Jaipur.” (a) at (b) met (c) yash (d) station

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