Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 79 · 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?
   “we visited the old fort in Agra on Saturday.” (a) on (b) the (c) visited (d) we
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Mysuru in November.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) in (d) my
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in patna on Wednesday.” (a) visited (b) on (c) old (d) patna
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kunal wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) kunal (d) new
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “strong” (b) after “The” (c) after “umbrella” (d) after “inside”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Pooja wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) new (b) on (c) clothes (d) diwali
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “vikram lives near the lake in Jaipur.” (a) in (b) the (c) lake (d) vikram
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) september (b) the (c) in (d) school
10. 10.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 “hungry” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “The”
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to agra by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last wednesday I went to Shimla by train.” (a) wednesday (b) went (c) train (d) to
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last sunday I went to Lucknow by train.” (a) to (b) by (c) train (d) sunday
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in indore.” (a) in (b) a (c) indore (d) zoo
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “Grandma” (b) after “cake” (c) after “smelled” (d) after “baked”
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in october.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) baisakhi (b) sweets (c) made (d) aunt
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “was” (c) after “reached” (d) after “beach”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “pooja was born in the month of December.” (a) pooja (b) born (c) month (d) was
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Isha and i played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) i (b) played (c) the (d) in
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “The” (c) after “bell” (d) after “rang”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) we (b) on (c) cousins (d) all
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “spoke” (c) after “The” (d) after “baby”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) cousins (b) on (c) our (d) holi
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Indore.” (a) and (b) visited (c) cousin (d) my
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in november.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) on (b) met (c) our (d) we
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “omkar lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) in (b) near (c) omkar (d) lake
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in delhi starts in october.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in lucknow.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav lives near the lake in indore.” (a) in (b) near (c) indore (d) the
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “too” (b) after “The” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “a”
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in bhopal on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Saturday i went to Shimla by train.” (a) went (b) train (c) by (d) i
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from delhi in june.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph and I played in the park on friday.” (a) the (b) in (c) and (d) friday
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3

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