Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 827 · 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 Pune on Tuesday.” (a) visited (b) on (c) we (d) old
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from delhi in august.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “the” (b) after “sand” (c) after “We” (d) after “beach”
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “maria lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) sweets (b) for (c) aunt (d) my
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “on” (c) after “The” (d) after “got”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “tenzin lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Friday I went to agra by train.” (a) train (b) agra (c) by (d) to
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Mysuru starts in June.” (a) the (b) in (c) big (d) fair
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) met (b) our (c) we (d) all
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on thursday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in surat on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in patna on Saturday.” (a) patna (b) in (c) the (d) on
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) our (b) we (c) on (d) all
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) i (b) visited (c) cousin (d) and
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to delhi by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in mysuru starts in february.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “lost” (c) after “pen” (d) after “her”
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for christmas last year.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Kochi for Onam last year.” (a) year (b) we (c) went (d) to
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha met tara at the station in indore.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “children” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Monday of january.” (a) january (b) is (c) on (d) the
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
30. 30.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 “Grandma” (d) after “it”
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “smiled” (b) after “The” (c) after “our” (d) after “she”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Kolkata.” (a) a (b) cousin (c) my (d) and
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Agra starts in january.” (a) in (b) big (c) january (d) fair
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha met tara at the station in kochi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kolkata on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
37. 37.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 “picked” (c) after “The” (d) after “ripe”
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to shimla for baisakhi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
39. 39.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
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) on (d) diwali

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