Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks
Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!
Capital Letters and Punctuation · AW-4E-PUN-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.
| Q | Answer | Working |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (a) Zoya and I went to Pune on Friday. | a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop; names of people, places, days and months, and the word I, take capital letters |
| 2 | (d) full stop (.) | a telling sentence ends with a full stop |
| 3 | (d) full stop (.) | a telling sentence ends with a full stop |
| 4 | (a) i | the word I is always a capital letter |
| 5 | (d) 2 | My (first word), July |
| 6 | (a) didn’t | the apostrophe (’) takes the place of the missing letters |
| 7 | (b) At the zoo we saw lions, zebras, tigers and bears. | commas separate the things in a list; the last two are joined by “and” |
| 8 | (a) Which bag is yours? | an asking sentence ends with ? |
| 9 | September | names and the word I take capital letters |
| 10 | (a) Birds build nests in trees. (b) How old are you? | telling sentences end with a full stop; asking sentences end with a question mark |
| 11 | (a) I’ll; (b) let’s | the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters |
| 12 | My cousin Sahil lives in Delhi. (capital letters for the first word, names, days, months and I; a full stop at the end) | check every capital letter and the full stop |
| 13 | Is the dog hungry? | move is, are or can to the front and end with a question mark |
| 14 | Our pets are two fish, a cat and a dog. | commas between the things in the list, “and” before the last one |
| 15 | (a) I will; (b) it is | the apostrophe shows where letters are missing |
| 16 | e.g. Hurray, I won the race! | Shows strong feeling and ends with ! |
| 17 | My name is Farhan. We play badminton on Thursday. I go to school by bicycle. My best friend is Ravi. | each sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop; names, places, days, months and I take capital letters |
| 18 | (1) In our garden there are roses, daisies and lilies.; (2) Our pets are a parrot, a dog, a cat and two fish.; (3) Please bring paper, scissors, crayons and glue. | commas between the things in a list, “and” before the last one |
| 19 | (1) we’re; (2) won’t; (3) isn’t; (4) haven’t | the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters |
| 20 | e.g. Who played the king? Did you forget your lines? I was a tree in the play. Everyone clapped at the end. | Two questions ending with ? and two telling sentences ending with a full stop. |