Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 754 · 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 indore for baisakhi last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in indore.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “The” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “we”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) our (b) the (c) school (d) holidays
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
6. 6.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 “smelled” (d) after “Grandma”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from lucknow in june.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “inside” (b) after “strong” (c) after “The” (d) after “turned”
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “imran lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) the (b) imran (c) lives (d) in
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “train” (c) after “got” (d) after “arrived”
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of April.” (a) first (b) on (c) my (d) is
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Saturday I went to kolkata by train.” (a) kolkata (b) by (c) to (d) went
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) clothes (b) on (c) christmas (d) new
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) in (b) after (c) holidays (d) november
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “children” (c) after “rang” (d) after “ran”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from agra in April.” (a) in (b) came (c) from (d) agra
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in mysuru on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) baisakhi (b) on (c) cousins (d) our
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “a” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “nobody”
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) my (b) made (c) aunt (d) sweets
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara met Omkar at the station in Kolkata.” (a) the (b) met (c) in (d) tara
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Onam.” (a) all (b) on (c) our (d) we
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Shimla starts in December.” (a) the (b) in (c) starts (d) big
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in july.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) aunt (b) made (c) sweets (d) baisakhi
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Chennai starts in July.” (a) big (b) the (c) fair (d) starts
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) test (c) a (d) maths
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) we (b) met (c) cousins (d) all
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in october.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) we (c) on (d) have
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun and i played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) i (b) park (c) played (d) the
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “diya met ananya at the station in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kochi for diwali last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha and I played in the park on Monday.” (a) in (b) on (c) nisha (d) played
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “basket” (b) after “were” (c) after “mangoes” (d) after “ripe”

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