Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 746 · 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 diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “mangoes” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “a” (d) after “we”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “a” (d) after “smelled”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “was” (c) after “sand” (d) after “the”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “imran and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) imran (b) and (c) park (d) in
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in November.” (a) the (b) in (c) our (d) holidays
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last sunday i went to mysuru by train.” (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) on (b) pongal (c) clothes (d) new
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Agra in January.” (a) in (b) my (c) from (d) came
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) wore (b) on (c) new (d) diwali
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from lucknow in july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
15. 15.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 “it” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “The”
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) pongal (b) new (c) wore (d) on
17. 17.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 “cold” (c) after “we” (d) after “hot”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Pune for Holi last year.” (a) went (b) to (c) for (d) we
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Jaipur in january.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) came (d) january
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) wore (b) diwali (c) on (d) clothes
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in lucknow on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “seed” (c) after “a” (d) after “Meera”
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from delhi in June.” (a) came (b) in (c) from (d) delhi
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) on (c) have (d) in
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara and i played in the park on Thursday.” (a) in (b) on (c) the (d) i
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
29. 29.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 “I” (c) after “then” (d) after “my”
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “bus” (b) after “late” (c) after “The” (d) after “was”
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Lucknow on Tuesday.” (a) fort (b) we (c) in (d) the
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “cake” (c) after “The” (d) after “nobody”
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Pune.” (a) and (b) a (c) my (d) visited
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in september.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria met yash at the station in bhopal.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kochi on Thursday.” (a) kochi (b) the (c) on (d) visited
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria was born in the month of August.” (a) month (b) of (c) the (d) maria
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from delhi in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3

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