Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 892 · 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?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in December.” (a) school (b) our (c) holidays (d) the
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Imran met Vikram at the station in delhi.” (a) at (b) the (c) delhi (d) met
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) to (b) my (c) park (d) i
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Sunday of April.” (a) of (b) the (c) first (d) my
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in patna.” (a) and (b) cousin (c) patna (d) zoo
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on friday.” (a) the (b) friday (c) to (d) on
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “ran”
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Wednesday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) went (b) last (c) to (d) train
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of october.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria and Omkar will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) come (b) maria (c) house (d) to
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to shimla for Diwali last year.” (a) last (b) for (c) shimla (d) year
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) kochi (b) lives (c) near (d) the
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tenzin and isha will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan met kunal at the station in Chennai.” (a) the (b) met (c) kunal (d) at
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya wore new clothes on holi.” (a) clothes (b) holi (c) new (d) wore
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) made (b) pongal (c) for (d) aunt
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from shimla in june.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph lives near the lake in Mysuru.” (a) in (b) joseph (c) lives (d) lake
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “we” (b) after “was” (c) after “closed” (d) after “back”
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “the” (b) after “team” (c) after “Our” (d) after “hard”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and vikram will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul met joseph at the station in Lucknow.” (a) the (b) met (c) joseph (d) in
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan lives near the lake in agra.” (a) lake (b) in (c) the (d) agra
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) on (b) park (c) with (d) monday
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Kolkata in january.” (a) from (b) came (c) january (d) in
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun met saanvi at the station in Delhi.” (a) in (b) saanvi (c) the (d) at
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kabir met Saanvi at the station in Shimla.” (a) kabir (b) station (c) at (d) met
32. 32.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 “was” (d) after “we”
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha met imran at the station in Chennai.” (a) met (b) in (c) imran (d) station
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 “turned” (b) after “dark” (c) after “soon” (d) after “The”
36. 36.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 “a” (d) after “out”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “farhan wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) new (b) on (c) wore (d) farhan
38. 38.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 “mangoes” (c) after “basket” (d) after “ripe”
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in september.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) cousins (b) met (c) onam (d) on

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