Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 862 · 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 mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “The” (b) after “were” (c) after “a” (d) after “ripe”
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “arjun met zoya at the station in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first friday of february.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in bhopal on Wednesday.” (a) fort (b) the (c) bhopal (d) old
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “off” (b) after “boiled” (c) after “over” (d) after “The”
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “soon” (c) after “began” (d) after “turned”
7. 7.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 “We” (c) after “beach” (d) after “was”
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “back” (b) after “closed” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) reopens (b) april (c) after (d) holidays
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir and Aarav will come to my house on sunday.” (a) to (b) and (c) will (d) sunday
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in November.” (a) after (b) our (c) the (d) reopens
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “simran was born in the month of April.” (a) simran (b) month (c) the (d) in
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “we” (b) after “won” (c) after “the” (d) after “hard”
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “train” (b) after “people” (c) after “got” (d) after “arrived”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in surat starts in October.” (a) in (b) fair (c) surat (d) big
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in august.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha and Vikram will come to my house on sunday.” (a) my (b) and (c) sunday (d) come
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first sunday of June.” (a) of (b) is (c) birthday (d) sunday
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav lives near the lake in mysuru.” (a) lake (b) mysuru (c) near (d) lives
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav wore new clothes on Pongal.” (a) wore (b) on (c) aarav (d) clothes
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin and I played in the park on wednesday.” (a) park (b) on (c) and (d) wednesday
23. 23.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 “was” (c) after “The” (d) after “hungry”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) in (b) we (c) friday (d) maths
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Patna for holi last year.” (a) holi (b) went (c) to (d) for
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “saanvi met Kabir at the station in Delhi.” (a) station (b) in (c) at (d) saanvi
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Kolkata for Christmas last year.” (a) we (b) for (c) went (d) to
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) in (c) monday (d) test
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “race” (b) after “for” (c) after “won” (d) after “everyone”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Friday of december.” (a) on (b) december (c) birthday (d) the
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “My” (b) after “kite” (c) after “kind” (d) after “stuck”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Kolkata on thursday.” (a) on (b) visited (c) thursday (d) the
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “a” (b) after “watered” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “seed”
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “was” (d) after “ate”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev and Nisha will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) to (b) tuesday (c) will (d) and
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) our (b) cousins (c) pongal (d) all
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) visited (b) my (c) zoo (d) in
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first friday of july.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan lives near the lake in patna.” (a) patna (b) in (c) the (d) near
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

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