Grade 1 ELA Practice Test: Capital Letters and End Punctuation
- Capital Letters and End Punctuation
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on capital letters, end marks and commas in lists and dates. Tip: check the first letter and the last mark of each sentence.
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Question 1
Which word should always start with a capital letter?
Correct answer: D
Days of the week are names, so Monday always starts with a capital letter. Morning is not the name of a day.
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Question 2
Which sentence is written correctly?
Correct answer: A
The sentence starts with a capital, the name Ben has a capital, and it ends with a period. Each other choice misses one of these.
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Question 3
Which end mark shows strong feeling, as in "We won"?
Correct answer: B
An exclamation point shows excitement or strong feeling: "We won!" A period ends a plain telling sentence.
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Question 4
Which sentence is a question?
Correct answer: C
"Can you help me?" asks something and ends with a question mark. The other sentences tell or ask someone to do something.
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Question 5
we went to the lake.
Which word needs a capital letter?
Correct answer: A
We is the first word of the sentence, and the first word always starts with a capital letter: "We went to the lake."
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Question 6
Which sentence is written correctly?
Correct answer: D
The word I is always a capital letter, and the sentence must start with a capital. Went in the middle does not need one.
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Question 7
What time is it
Which end mark should finish this sentence?
Correct answer: B
The sentence asks something, so it ends with a question mark: "What time is it?"
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Question 8
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
Correct answer: C
Commas go between the words in a list: red, blue, and green. They do not go after I or after like.
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Question 9
Which date is written correctly?
Correct answer: D
The month starts with a capital, and a comma goes between the day and the year: May 4, 2026.
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Question 10
Which name is written correctly?
Correct answer: B
Both the first name and the last name start with a capital letter: Lily Brown.
Questions you leave blank are not counted as wrong.
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