Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 85 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “aisha and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “aisha lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
4. 4.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 “second” (c) after “ate” (d) after “sweet”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first thursday of July.” (a) the (b) thursday (c) on (d) birthday
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “rang” (c) after “bell” (d) after “The”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last sunday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “then” (b) after “homework” (c) after “I” (d) after “finished”
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “liked” (d) after “smiled”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Monday of january.” (a) first (b) january (c) on (d) birthday
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph was born in the month of february.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) our (b) all (c) we (d) on
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kolkata in june.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and kunal will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Thursday i went to Lucknow by train.” (a) by (b) went (c) to (d) i
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lit” (b) after “out” (c) after “a” (d) after “went”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) cousins (b) christmas (c) met (d) our
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) aunt (d) my
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) diya (b) new (c) on (d) clothes
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera met sneha at the station in Agra.” (a) in (b) the (c) met (d) sneha
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to delhi for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Patna in April.” (a) in (b) came (c) my (d) uncle
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to delhi for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
28. 28.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 “beach” (d) after “was”
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to indore by train.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 6
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) eid (b) cousins (c) all (d) on
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir met sneha at the station in bhopal.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first monday of February.” (a) birthday (b) monday (c) on (d) first
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “went” (b) after “was” (c) after “shop” (d) after “closed”
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Friday I went to Surat by train.” (a) went (b) last (c) train (d) by
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) lake (b) lives (c) near (d) lucknow
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) onam (b) for (c) sweets (d) made
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “The” (b) after “every” (c) after “it” (d) after “talk”
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) made (b) aunt (c) sweets (d) holi
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) cousins (b) all (c) we (d) on

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