Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 778 · 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.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Mysuru in January.” (a) my (b) came (c) from (d) uncle
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “barked” (b) after “for” (c) after “it” (d) after “hungry”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in agra on Sunday.” (a) the (b) in (c) on (d) agra
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Bhopal on Monday.” (a) the (b) we (c) old (d) visited
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) on (b) we (c) cousins (d) our
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in agra on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “aarav and I played in the park on Monday.” (a) the (b) and (c) aarav (d) played
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) on (b) with (c) friday (d) dog
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Mysuru.” (a) my (b) and (c) in (d) a
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha and diya will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) come (b) on (c) house (d) diya
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) for (d) baisakhi
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “won” (b) after “Our” (c) after “practised” (d) after “hard”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Mysuru.” (a) a (b) visited (c) i (d) zoo
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ananya lives near the lake in Kolkata.” (a) lake (b) ananya (c) in (d) near
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “meera lives near the lake in Kochi.” (a) the (b) in (c) lake (d) meera
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Lucknow on wednesday.” (a) visited (b) wednesday (c) the (d) old
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last sunday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) went (b) train (c) sunday (d) by
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha and Meera will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) to (b) house (c) and (d) isha
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera was born in the month of july.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “diya was born in the month of july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from surat in december.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Kolkata on tuesday.” (a) fort (b) old (c) tuesday (d) on
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) in (b) test (c) on (d) maths
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) thursday (b) test (c) have (d) a
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Chennai for Holi last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) for (d) we
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to lucknow by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
31. 31.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 “we” (c) after “The” (d) after “over”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to delhi by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
33. 33.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 “drank” (d) after “very”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) wednesday (c) a (d) have
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) maths (c) on (d) a
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) met (b) we (c) our (d) all
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
38. 38.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 “a” (c) after “The” (d) after “was”
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “kite” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “My” (d) after “got”
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in kochi starts in October.” (a) big (b) in (c) fair (d) kochi

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