Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 959 · 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.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Kochi starts in january.” (a) in (b) january (c) big (d) fair
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “second” (b) after “The” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “ate”
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in kochi starts in august.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Sunday.” (a) to (b) go (c) with (d) i
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “train” (c) after “on” (d) after “people”
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lights” (b) after “lit” (c) after “went” (d) after “out”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Sneha lives near the lake in indore.” (a) indore (b) near (c) lives (d) in
8. 8.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 “practised” (c) after “Our” (d) after “hard”
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in February.” (a) reopens (b) after (c) our (d) school
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) new (b) on (c) wore (d) manav
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in august.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from kochi in January.” (a) came (b) in (c) uncle (d) kochi
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “homework” (b) after “then” (c) after “finished” (d) after “I”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Christmas.” (a) my (b) made (c) sweets (d) aunt
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in april.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha lives near the lake in Mysuru.” (a) lake (b) near (c) in (d) isha
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) aunt (b) made (c) baisakhi (d) for
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) christmas (b) sweets (c) for (d) made
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Wednesday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) train (b) to (c) last (d) went
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Kochi for holi last year.” (a) year (b) to (c) went (d) holi
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “began” (b) after “it” (c) after “to” (d) after “dark”
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) monday (c) test (d) in
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from agra in August.” (a) in (b) agra (c) uncle (d) came
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aisha was born in the month of July.” (a) in (b) aisha (c) of (d) born
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) our (b) reopens (c) after (d) the
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran met kabir at the station in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to chennai for diwali last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar and I played in the park on saturday.” (a) park (b) played (c) and (d) saturday
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) tuesday (b) went (c) to (d) train
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “picked” (b) after “The” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “mangoes”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kavya and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) on (b) kavya (c) in (d) park
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “we” (b) after “cold” (c) after “very” (d) after “hot”
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to kochi by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

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