Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 762 · 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 met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
3. 3.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 “The” (d) after “spoke”
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in patna on friday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) in (b) test (c) friday (d) maths
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “train” (c) after “got” (d) after “arrived”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Delhi for Diwali last year.” (a) went (b) we (c) to (d) year
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) all (b) cousins (c) we (d) met
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Vikram was born in the month of november.” (a) month (b) of (c) november (d) was
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) tenzin (b) wore (c) on (d) new
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin and ananya will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) to (b) and (c) will (d) ananya
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Monday i went to Delhi by train.” (a) to (b) i (c) by (d) train
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) our (b) we (c) on (d) met
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Agra on saturday.” (a) the (b) on (c) saturday (d) visited
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Lucknow in january.” (a) in (b) came (c) uncle (d) january
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) we (c) maths (d) in
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev met Omkar at the station in delhi.” (a) delhi (b) met (c) at (d) the
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Vikram lives near the lake in indore.” (a) in (b) lives (c) near (d) indore
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Chennai for Onam last year.” (a) last (b) to (c) for (d) we
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in pune on Thursday.” (a) old (b) pune (c) in (d) fort
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) the (b) lucknow (c) in (d) lake
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) sweets (b) my (c) aunt (d) for
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Indore in September.” (a) came (b) from (c) uncle (d) my
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran and aisha will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for onam last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on friday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “The” (c) after “bell” (d) after “rang”
32. 32.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 “we” (d) after “ripe”
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “cake” (c) after “smelled” (d) after “Grandma”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Kolkata in February.” (a) from (b) my (c) came (d) uncle
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “omkar was born in the month of November.” (a) omkar (b) of (c) in (d) the
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “The” (b) after “closed” (c) after “went” (d) after “we”
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “bicycle” (b) after “he” (c) after “off” (d) after “his”
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “kind” (b) after “a” (c) after “got” (d) after “stuck”
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “The” (c) after “turned” (d) after “over”

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