Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 927 · 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 uncle came from surat in january.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “bicycle” (b) after “Kabir” (c) after “off” (d) after “he”
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “she” (b) after “her” (c) after “lost” (d) after “pen”
4. 4.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 “our” (c) after “inside” (d) after “strong”
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “rang” (c) after “children” (d) after “ran”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Thursday of November.” (a) first (b) on (c) the (d) my
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “finished” (b) after “my” (c) after “homework” (d) after “then”
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “rohan and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “seed” (c) after “a” (d) after “it”
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) october (b) after (c) the (d) reopens
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Mysuru in february.” (a) came (b) february (c) in (d) uncle
13. 13.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 “got” (c) after “man” (d) after “stuck”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to jaipur for Eid last year.” (a) to (b) year (c) went (d) jaipur
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “nobody” (c) after “The” (d) after “was”
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in surat on Sunday.” (a) surat (b) in (c) fort (d) on
17. 17.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 “was” (c) after “very” (d) after “drank”
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “people” (b) after “got” (c) after “on” (d) after “arrived”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul met simran at the station in Delhi.” (a) at (b) the (c) station (d) simran
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “teacher” (b) after “The” (c) after “she” (d) after “smiled”
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) after (b) august (c) holidays (d) in
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in agra on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “the” (b) after “won” (c) after “cheered” (d) after “race”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) we (b) our (c) all (d) met
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “Our” (b) after “we” (c) after “hard” (d) after “won”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Bhopal on tuesday.” (a) old (b) tuesday (c) in (d) visited
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Pune on sunday.” (a) old (b) sunday (c) on (d) in
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “was”
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to shimla for diwali last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) thursday (b) park (c) with (d) the
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Bhopal starts in april.” (a) in (b) big (c) starts (d) april
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “The” (c) after “over” (d) after “boiled”
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in august.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) school (b) reopens (c) november (d) holidays
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to pune by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) thursday (b) test (c) have (d) we
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 “The” (b) after “soon” (c) after “turned” (d) after “dark”

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