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Capital Letters and End MarksSEAG Practice Questions

Using capital letters (sentence starts, proper nouns, the word I) and choosing the correct end mark: full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.

Where your child meets this in real life: Every sentence you ever write - letters, stories, messages - starts with a capital and ends with the right mark so the reader knows where each idea begins and ends

What your child needs to know

SEAGReady breaks capital letters and end marks into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.

  1. 1

    Capital Letters

    Identify which words in a sentence need capital letters: the first word of the sentence, proper nouns (names of people, places, days and months) and the word I.

  2. 2

    Full Stops End Sentences

    Place full stops correctly by identifying unjoined independent clauses and beginning each new sentence with a capital letter, avoiding run-on sentences.

  3. 3

    Choosing the End Mark

    Choose between a full stop, question mark and exclamation mark by deciding whether the sentence tells, asks, or exclaims.

Try these SEAG-style questions

Three free sample questions from our capital letters and end marks course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.

Question 1Confidence builder
Which section contains the punctuation mistake?
Sentence divided into sections A to D

Section AMy granny visitsSection Bus every fridaySection Cafter schoolSection Dfor tea.

Choose A, B, C or D for the section with the mistake. Choose N if there is no mistake.

Question 2Standard
Which section contains the punctuation mistake?
Sentence divided into sections A to D

Section AJacob plays forSection Bthe school team. He trainsSection Cevery Tuesday. he lovesSection Dfootball.

Choose A, B, C or D for the section with the mistake. Choose N if there is no mistake.

Question 3Confidence builder
Which section contains the punctuation mistake?
Sentence divided into sections A to D

Section AWhat time doesSection Bthe train leaveSection Cfor our town thisSection Dafternoon.

Choose A, B, C or D for the section with the mistake. Choose N if there is no mistake.

Try the lesson: Capital Letters

This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.

Rosie wrote this sentence in her diary: 'last saturday my brother took me to the science museum.'

Which words need capital letters?

Check the start of the sentence
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Every sentence begins with a capital letter, so 'last' must become 'Last'.

Step 1 of 4

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Rosie wrote this sentence in her diary: 'last saturday my brother took me to the science museum.'

Which words need capital letters?

  1. 1

    Check the start of the sentence

    • Every sentence begins with a capital letter, so 'last' must become 'Last'.
  2. 2

    Check named days and ordinary nouns

    • 'saturday' names a particular day, so it becomes 'Saturday'.
    • 'brother' follows 'my' as an ordinary family noun, so it stays lower-case.
  3. 3

    Read the corrected sentence

    • The sentence now begins correctly and its named day has a capital: 'Last Saturday my brother took me to the science museum.'

The corrected sentence is: 'Last Saturday my brother took me to the science museum.'

The key insight: Use capitals for sentence starts, specific names, days, months and I—not simply for words that feel important. An ordinary noun after 'my' stays lower-case.

Common mix-up: Writing 'my Brother took me' with a capital B. Here 'brother' follows 'my' as an ordinary family noun, so it does not need a capital.

Mistakes to watch for

These are the misconceptions we see most often in capital letters and end marks, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.

  • Capitalising ordinary common nouns that feel important (writing 'our School' or 'the Team')
  • Running two sentences together with no full stop or with only a comma
  • Putting a question mark on an indirect question ('He asked what time it was?')

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