Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 934 · 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?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “a” (c) after “seed” (d) after “planted”
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Simran was born in the month of december.” (a) the (b) december (c) in (d) was
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) on (b) all (c) diwali (d) our
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first monday of August.” (a) of (b) the (c) monday (d) birthday
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “dev and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “was” (c) after “we” (d) after “hot”
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kavya wore new clothes on Pongal.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) kavya (d) on
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Zoya met manav at the station in Kochi.” (a) manav (b) the (c) in (d) station
10. 10.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 “turned”
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Pune in october.” (a) october (b) from (c) uncle (d) came
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja met dev at the station in Surat.” (a) met (b) the (c) in (d) dev
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Tuesday of June.” (a) first (b) the (c) is (d) my
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “We” (b) after “reached” (c) after “the” (d) after “beach”
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “our” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from patna in November.” (a) patna (b) in (c) uncle (d) from
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in agra.” (a) visited (b) agra (c) cousin (d) a
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in jaipur starts in February.” (a) fair (b) jaipur (c) in (d) big
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “priya wore new clothes on Pongal.” (a) new (b) wore (c) priya (d) on
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in lucknow on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “practised” (b) after “hard” (c) after “we” (d) after “team”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) november (b) reopens (c) in (d) holidays
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Kolkata on friday.” (a) in (b) the (c) on (d) friday
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “The” (c) after “was” (d) after “spoke”
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to bhopal by train.” (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha was born in the month of february.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Surat in december.” (a) december (b) came (c) in (d) uncle
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) with (b) my (c) on (d) i
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “shop” (b) after “was” (c) after “The” (d) after “closed”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) lives (b) near (c) chennai (d) lake
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Tuesday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) train (d) last
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “cheered” (b) after “race” (c) after “Arjun” (d) after “everyone”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Riya was born in the month of january.” (a) january (b) month (c) was (d) born
39. 39.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”
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 4

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