Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 861 · 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 lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “The” (b) after “lit” (c) after “out” (d) after “a”
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) april (b) school (c) the (d) reopens
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from agra in february.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from patna in September.” (a) from (b) patna (c) in (d) uncle
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) all (d) we
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in bhopal.” (a) in (b) cousin (c) bhopal (d) visited
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “we” (b) after “off” (c) after “boiled” (d) after “over”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) we (b) our (c) cousins (d) on
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “was” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “spoke”
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan met arjun at the station in bhopal.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev was born in the month of December.” (a) in (b) of (c) the (d) dev
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in august.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “meera and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) in (b) meera (c) played (d) and
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “it” (b) after “baked” (c) after “cake” (d) after “smelled”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first monday of November.” (a) the (b) on (c) is (d) monday
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) pongal (d) aunt
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev and i played in the park on Saturday.” (a) in (b) played (c) on (d) i
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Bhopal for Baisakhi last year.” (a) went (b) last (c) for (d) we
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara and I played in the park on wednesday.” (a) park (b) wednesday (c) played (d) in
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of august.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “was” (b) after “back” (c) after “The” (d) after “closed”
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of June.” (a) first (b) is (c) my (d) birthday
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “was” (b) after “inside” (c) after “strong” (d) after “umbrella”
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to lucknow by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Shimla starts in July.” (a) starts (b) big (c) the (d) fair
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Delhi on Thursday.” (a) old (b) on (c) in (d) we
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “he” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “off” (d) after “fell”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan and vikram will come to my house on Monday.” (a) house (b) my (c) on (d) vikram
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in December.” (a) holidays (b) the (c) our (d) reopens
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Mysuru in april.” (a) in (b) april (c) came (d) from
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of August.” (a) born (b) month (c) priya (d) was
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) we (c) have (d) a
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from jaipur in june.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from delhi in January.” (a) came (b) in (c) uncle (d) delhi
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “it” (b) after “sky” (c) after “dark” (d) after “The”

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