Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 839 · 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 aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) for (d) my
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to kochi for onam last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) school (b) after (c) in (d) december
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “joseph lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) in (b) holidays (c) reopens (d) our
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to jaipur for christmas last year.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “at” (c) after “waited” (d) after “was”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) all (b) cousins (c) eid (d) met
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in june.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya was born in the month of november.” (a) of (b) november (c) born (d) month
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “farhan wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) farhan (b) wore (c) on (d) new
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “I” (b) after “read” (c) after “a” (d) after “homework”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Saturday of april.” (a) the (b) birthday (c) is (d) april
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in delhi.” (a) delhi (b) cousin (c) and (d) zoo
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Agra starts in December.” (a) in (b) big (c) the (d) starts
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) the (b) park (c) dog (d) thursday
19. 19.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 “mangoes” (d) after “picked”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph met Imran at the station in agra.” (a) in (b) met (c) agra (d) the
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kolkata for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to indore by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Kolkata.” (a) visited (b) my (c) a (d) and
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) on (d) christmas
26. 26.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 “baked” (d) after “Grandma”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Thursday.” (a) the (b) i (c) with (d) dog
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Sunday of november.” (a) first (b) birthday (c) is (d) november
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Mysuru in August.” (a) in (b) from (c) came (d) my
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lights” (b) after “out” (c) after “The” (d) after “lit”
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara was born in the month of january.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of January.” (a) of (b) my (c) on (d) first
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aisha wore new clothes on Christmas.” (a) clothes (b) wore (c) new (d) aisha

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