Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 868 · 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?
   “we visited the old fort in shimla on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
2. 2.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 “we” (c) after “waited” (d) after “was”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “it” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “kind” (d) after “got”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “reached” (b) after “the” (c) after “sand” (d) after “beach”
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in mysuru starts in october.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “strong” (b) after “turned” (c) after “The” (d) after “umbrella”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Indore.” (a) in (b) cousin (c) zoo (d) i
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Tenzin met Diya at the station in kolkata.” (a) kolkata (b) in (c) met (d) station
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Pooja was born in the month of october.” (a) october (b) in (c) was (d) born
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) we (b) all (c) on (d) met
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) park (b) thursday (c) my (d) to
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav wore new clothes on holi.” (a) on (b) holi (c) clothes (d) new
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria wore new clothes on Christmas.” (a) wore (b) on (c) maria (d) clothes
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav lives near the lake in Pune.” (a) lake (b) near (c) manav (d) lives
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in delhi on Tuesday.” (a) old (b) fort (c) delhi (d) in
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in agra on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “baked” (b) after “it” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “cake”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in indore on Wednesday.” (a) the (b) indore (c) old (d) in
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to delhi for holi last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “zoya met Riya at the station in Jaipur.” (a) station (b) the (c) in (d) zoya
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Chennai in august.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) august (d) from
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) the (b) in (c) kochi (d) lives
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “people” (b) after “on” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha and I played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) isha (b) in (c) park (d) on
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Delhi in december.” (a) in (b) from (c) december (d) uncle
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Shimla on tuesday.” (a) the (b) visited (c) in (d) tuesday
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) the (b) in (c) dev (d) and
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) in (c) test (d) a
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in kolkata starts in june.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “drank” (b) after “hot” (c) after “It” (d) after “cold”
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from kochi in July.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) kochi (d) came
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in kolkata starts in November.” (a) kolkata (b) fair (c) big (d) in
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

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