Exercises: Full Stops, Capital Letters, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks, Commas

Exercises: full stops, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks, Commas.
1. Put the full stops in (there may be more than one)

George rides his bicycle to work
George enjoys cycling It gives him some fresh air
Cycling is good for the environment
Riding a bike is good exercise It helps you to be healthy
Cycling is fun in nice weather If the weather is bad cycling is not so enjoyable
2. Put the capital letters
one day i will become famous .
monday is my least favourite day of the week, but I like fridays.
turn left down shepherd street.
go to the end of the road.
yesterday i spoke to mrs johnson about sir elton john.
i went to london last week and next week i m going to manchester.
we are going on holiday to china this year. last year we went to dubai.
one of my friends is indian and she is a sikh.
the month of november can be grey and rainy but it can be sunny too.
in summer we like to go camping and in winter we like to go skiing.
the fifth of november is bonfire night, when guy fawkes failed to blow up parliament.
i studied geography and french at school.
the bbc stands for the british broadcasting corporation
3. Put the full stops and capital letters in
boris johnson hopes to make london a plastic bag-free city by the time of the 2012 Olympics he said
today the plan was part of the london mayors new strategy to reduce the amount of landfill and
litter in the capital he wants to see incentives for shoppers to bring reusable bags he said
supermarkets should consider charging for single-use bags at the checkout londoners use 1 .6 billion
plastic bags a year for an average of just 20 minutes per bag.
4. Put the question marks in
What is your name
Where is the nearest supermarket
Can you direct me to the mosque please
Please can I have some more coffee
How are you today
Which one do you prefer
Why are you laughing
Who is that
5. Put the commas in (you might need to remove some of the ands)
I need to buy some tomatoes and grapes and leeks and diet coke and chocolate.
The car was large and sleek and silver and expensive.
My mother went shopping and did the housework and put on some nice clothes and then
came to see me sing.
When we went on holiday we saw some dolphins and ate lots of nice food and lay on the
beach and went swimming.
6. Put the commas into show the extra information
This apple which is nice and ripe is red.
Jaz although he likes green had to settle for blue.
My uncle even though he hates rugby came to watch my game.
7. Put the full stops and commas in
When the sun shines which is not very often everybody goes outside to warm up
I don' t like potatoes I don't like leeks either I do however enjoy leek and potato soup
Sentences don't have to be very long Sentences can be quite short However some
sentences can be extremely long and contain lots of punctuation like commas for
example
8. Put the question marks, exclamation marks or full stops in
Oh I appear to have dropped my pen down a drain
What did you say I can't hear you
Ouch Falling off your bike must have hurt a lot
Ha-ha-ha I think that joke is really funny
I'm sorry Are you alright
Stop There is a car coming
Pardon How does my hair look funny
You were talking to someone yesterday Who was it
9. Correct the below so that the capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks
and commas are in the right places:
kiran got out Of bed. And brushed her Teeth downstairs. her mum was getting breakfast. Ready after
getting dressed kiran went Downstairs to eat her cat. fluffy was also enjoying his breakfast. Of tuna
kirans mum asked her if she had the ingredients she needed for her cookery class kiran said she. did
she had to Go or she would be late yesterday. kiran was off School. with A cold today she was feeling
better
10. Fill in the blanks using words with an apostrophe. The example shows you how:
The ball belonged to the children. The __________ ball was lost in the garden.
The pen belongs to the teacher. The __________ pen is lying on the floor.
The flower belonged to Emily. ____________flower was beautiful.
Tim had a house. ___________house was spacious.
Father had a hobby. ___________hobby was painting.
11. Choose the right spelling for the contractions. Remember the apostrophe takes the place
of the missing letter or letters.
I (did not) _______ have a pencil yesterday.
(You are) ___________my best friend.
(He would) ____________ often come to my garden.
(She is) ______________ the most intelligent girl in her class.
We (cannot) ____________ miss our English lesson.
(I had) _________not bought a house yet.
(We have)_____________to meet her tomorrow.
(I will) ____________ give her a gift on her birthday.
You (will not) ______tell her our secret.
I (would not) _______________make such a mistake.

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