Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 863 · 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?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “It” (c) after “we” (d) after “was”
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “people” (c) after “on” (d) after “got”
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kabir lives near the lake in Indore.” (a) in (b) kabir (c) lake (d) near
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in pune starts in September.” (a) in (b) pune (c) fair (d) big
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “was” (c) after “sand” (d) after “the”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) sweets (b) aunt (c) holi (d) made
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from surat in October.” (a) uncle (b) came (c) in (d) surat
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Agra for diwali last year.” (a) last (b) went (c) diwali (d) for
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “my” (b) after “then” (c) after “homework” (d) after “finished”
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “it” (b) after “cake” (c) after “a” (d) after “smelled”
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) in (b) lives (c) delhi (d) the
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) our (b) all (c) we (d) cousins
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “team” (b) after “Our” (c) after “practised” (d) after “hard”
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Diya and I played in the park on friday.” (a) in (b) park (c) on (d) friday
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “The” (b) after “we” (c) after “went” (d) after “closed”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran was born in the month of November.” (a) month (b) imran (c) born (d) the
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) my (b) sweets (c) for (d) aunt
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) played (b) on (c) vikram (d) the
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in patna starts in february.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya was born in the month of august.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Pune in April.” (a) came (b) from (c) in (d) my
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) for (b) made (c) aunt (d) diwali
28. 28.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 “a” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “were”
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul was born in the month of december.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “The” (c) after “hello” (d) after “it”
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) the (b) near (c) jaipur (d) in
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “won” (b) after “for” (c) after “race” (d) after “the”
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Bhopal starts in June.” (a) starts (b) big (c) the (d) in
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from jaipur in June.” (a) from (b) uncle (c) jaipur (d) came
35. 35.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 “dark” (c) after “began” (d) after “to”
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Saturday of December.” (a) my (b) first (c) is (d) the
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Shimla for diwali last year.” (a) year (b) to (c) diwali (d) last
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in september.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Nisha met maria at the station in Chennai.” (a) met (b) maria (c) the (d) in
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to agra for Baisakhi last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) agra (d) year

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