Capital Letters and Full Stops Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 2: Capital letters and full stops · Set 988 · 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 Saturday of october.” (a) first (b) is (c) birthday (d) october
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in patna starts in december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Christmas.” (a) on (b) our (c) cousins (d) we
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) on (b) park (c) tuesday (d) to
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) baisakhi (b) made (c) aunt (d) sweets
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Tenzin wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) christmas (b) on (c) clothes (d) wore
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) in (b) after (c) october (d) reopens
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “yash wore new clothes on Christmas.” (a) wore (b) new (c) yash (d) clothes
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “the big fair in Lucknow starts in April.” (a) fair (b) starts (c) the (d) in
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “the” (b) after “beach” (c) after “reached” (d) after “was”
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) christmas (b) made (c) for (d) sweets
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
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 “it” (c) after “The” (d) after “was”
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “meera lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) in (b) lives (c) the (d) meera
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) cousins (b) we (c) our (d) met
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “we” (b) after “late” (c) after “at” (d) after “was”
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “wind” (b) after “strong” (c) after “inside” (d) after “turned”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria lives near the lake in Shimla.” (a) lake (b) maria (c) in (d) near
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in indore on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first wednesday of October.” (a) the (b) of (c) is (d) wednesday
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “sneha met Kabir at the station in Chennai.” (a) station (b) at (c) in (d) sneha
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Nisha and I played in the park on saturday.” (a) and (b) saturday (c) park (d) played
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kochi on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in June.” (a) reopens (b) in (c) the (d) our
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) clothes (b) on (c) wore (d) baisakhi
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “seed” (b) after “watered” (c) after “Meera” (d) after “she”
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) for (b) pongal (c) aunt (d) sweets
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “we” (c) after “over” (d) after “boiled”
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in November.” (a) our (b) after (c) school (d) holidays
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to delhi by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “cake” (d) after “it”
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Agra starts in January.” (a) in (b) fair (c) the (d) big
39. 39.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 “read” (c) after “I” (d) after “a”
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Nisha lives near the lake in surat.” (a) near (b) the (c) lives (d) surat

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