Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 971 · 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?
   “My birthday is on the first thursday of July.” (a) birthday (b) of (c) the (d) thursday
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Indore for Baisakhi last year.” (a) we (b) to (c) last (d) for
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) we (b) maths (c) test (d) on
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in delhi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in April.” (a) the (b) reopens (c) our (d) school
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) reopens (b) august (c) after (d) the
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “tenzin wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) clothes (b) tenzin (c) wore (d) new
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Sunday.” (a) to (b) the (c) my (d) i
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kavya lives near the lake in Agra.” (a) lake (b) near (c) in (d) kavya
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from jaipur in December.” (a) in (b) came (c) jaipur (d) from
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in patna starts in november.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “late” (c) after “we” (d) after “bus”
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “hungry” (b) after “was” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “it”
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar and Meera will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) my (b) on (c) and (d) wednesday
16. 16.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 “The”
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Saturday I went to jaipur by train.” (a) by (b) jaipur (c) to (d) went
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “a” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “The” (d) after “picked”
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last monday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) train (b) monday (c) went (d) by
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last wednesday I went to Patna by train.” (a) train (b) wednesday (c) to (d) went
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “his” (b) after “fell” (c) after “hurt” (d) after “bicycle”
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “a” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “cake”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of july.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 5
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera was born in the month of october.” (a) month (b) october (c) was (d) the
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav was born in the month of june.” (a) june (b) month (c) was (d) of
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) to (b) monday (c) go (d) park
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Pune.” (a) my (b) and (c) a (d) cousin
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last friday i went to shimla by train.” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) met (b) cousins (c) on (d) eid
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “train” (c) after “people” (d) after “arrived”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) on (b) thursday (c) played (d) the
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav was born in the month of october.” (a) born (b) in (c) was (d) october
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Kolkata.” (a) visited (b) cousin (c) my (d) and
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “We” (c) after “the” (d) after “beach”
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Maria was born in the month of november.” (a) was (b) month (c) november (d) the
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

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