Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 784 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “The” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “picked” (d) after “were”
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Kolkata for Diwali last year.” (a) we (b) for (c) went (d) to
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in agra on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in agra on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from Pune in august.” (a) august (b) came (c) in (d) uncle
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Omkar and Vikram will come to my house on thursday.” (a) house (b) thursday (c) will (d) my
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last tuesday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) by (b) went (c) tuesday (d) to
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Surat.” (a) a (b) in (c) and (d) i
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “stuck” (b) after “My” (c) after “man” (d) after “kite”
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kabir met Isha at the station in Kochi.” (a) kabir (b) met (c) in (d) station
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) wore (b) clothes (c) on (d) maria
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of june.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Bhopal.” (a) zoo (b) visited (c) in (d) my
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria was born in the month of February.” (a) born (b) maria (c) was (d) in
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in jaipur starts in october.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of April.” (a) first (b) the (c) my (d) on
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “watered” (b) after “a” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “seed”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph met diya at the station in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to kolkata for Baisakhi last year.” (a) year (b) kolkata (c) last (d) went
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “off” (b) after “over” (c) after “we” (d) after “milk”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in indore.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “drank” (c) after “we” (d) after “was”
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “she” (b) after “her” (c) after “looked” (d) after “pen”
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in surat starts in november.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Friday I went to kolkata by train.” (a) to (b) went (c) kolkata (d) by
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of September.” (a) birthday (b) my (c) first (d) the
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran and I played in the park on saturday.” (a) in (b) played (c) saturday (d) and
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) my (b) monday (c) with (d) dog
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran and maria will come to my house on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Kolkata on Tuesday.” (a) fort (b) old (c) the (d) we
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to indore for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Shimla.” (a) visited (b) my (c) in (d) and
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to pune for holi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Wednesday i went to Kolkata by train.” (a) by (b) to (c) train (d) i
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Christmas.” (a) my (b) sweets (c) aunt (d) made
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5

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