Capital Letters, Big Impact: Capitalization Rules Worksheet for Class 4

This Grade 4 worksheet on Capitalization Rules is a comprehensive and engaging grammar resource that helps young learners understand when and why to use capital letters in English writing. Designed specifically for Class 4 students, this worksheet covers all the key capitalization rules — including capitalizing the first word of a sentence, proper nouns such as names of people and places, titles of books and newspapers, the first word of a direct speech, names of monuments, festivals, and organizations. Through five thoughtfully designed and progressively challenging exercises, students develop a sharp eye for correct capitalization across a variety of real-world and cultural contexts.

Why Do Capitalization Rules Matter in Grammar?

Capitalization is one of the most fundamental writing conventions in English, and mastering it is essential for Grade 4 learners because:

1. Incorrect capitalization is one of the most common and easily avoidable errors in student writing, and it directly affects the quality and clarity of compositions and exam responses.
2. Capital letters signal the start of sentences, identify proper nouns, and give titles their correct form — making them essential to structured, professional writing.
3. Understanding capitalization rules builds awareness of the difference between common and proper nouns, which is a key grammar concept across primary grades.
4. These rules are tested consistently in school grammar exams, dictation tasks, essay writing, and comprehension exercises throughout Class 4 and beyond.

What's Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five varied and skill-building exercises that take students from identifying correct capitalization in multiple choice questions all the way to applying rules independently in a paragraph writing task:

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students select the correctly capitalized option from three choices for each question. Questions cover a wide range of capitalization scenarios including book titles like *The Taj Mahal* and *The Lost City*, proper sentences, direct speech, newspaper names like *The Times of India*, and headings like *A Visit to the Museum*. This exercise sharpens students' ability to recognize correct capitalization at a glance.

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks
Students fill in blanks using correctly capitalized words from a word bank that includes The, My, Indian, Please, Uncle, Harry, A, Mahatma, Delhi, and Ramayana. Each sentence provides a clear context — covering proper nouns, book series, national events, and famous personalities — that guides students to select the most appropriate and correctly capitalized word.

Exercise 3 – Match the Following (Picture-Based)
Students match pictures to their correctly capitalized or non-capitalized labels across two sets. Set 1 includes the Indian Flag, The Taj Mahal, a mountain, a school, and The Eiffel Tower. Set 2 includes Holi, the river, Gateway of India, Red Fort, and the book. This visual activity helps students understand the practical difference between proper nouns that need capitals and common nouns that do not.

Exercise 4 – Underline the Words
Students read ten sentences written entirely in lowercase and underline all the words that should be capitalized. Sentences include references to people like Aryan and Uncle Sharma, places like Mumbai, Maharashtra, Delhi, and the Red Fort, publications like The Hindu, book titles like The Jungle Book, organizations like ISRO, and festivals like Diwali. This exercise builds students' scanning and editing skills in context.

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing
Students complete a descriptive paragraph about a family trip to Delhi by filling in blanks with correctly capitalized words. The paragraph references landmarks like Red Fort and Qutub Minar, names, direct speech, and historically significant places. This applied task challenges students to draw on everything they have learned and produce accurate, polished writing using capitalization rules in a real-world context.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) The Taj Mahal
2. c) He said, "I am going home."
3. a) My Summer Vacation
4. a) My teacher is kind
5. c) The Times of India.
6. b) "Please help me," said Riya.
7. b) A Visit to the Museum
8. a) Rahul lives in Delhi, India.
9. b) The Lost City
10. c) Anu asked, "What time is it?"

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks
1. The
2. My
3. Indian
4. Please
5. Uncle
6. Harry
7. A
8. Mahatma
9. Delhi
10. Ramayana

Exercise 3 – Match the Following (Picture to Label)
Set 1:
Indian Flag image → Indian Flag
Taj Mahal image → The Taj Mahal
Mountain image → a mountain
School image → a school
Eiffel Tower image → The Eiffel Tower

Set 2:
Holi colours image → Holi
River image → the river
Gateway of India image → Gateway of India
Red Fort image → Red Fort
Book image → the book

Exercise 4 – Underline the Words That Should Be Capitalized
1. My, Aryan, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2. The, Teacher, Please (first word of quoted speech)
3. We, Red Fort, Delhi
4. Have, The Jungle Book
5. My, Diwali, November
6. Uncle, Sharma, ISRO
7. Where, (asked my mother — "Where" capitalized as sentence start)
8. The, Himalayas
9. Our, Tomorrow (first word of quoted speech)
10. I, The Hindu

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Sample Answers)
Last December, my family and I visited Delhi, the capital of India. We stayed at the Imperial Hotel near Connaught Place. On the first day, we went to see the Taj Mahal, a magnificent monument built by Emperor Shah Jahan. My father said, "It is truly beautiful!" The next day, we visited Red Fort, where the Prime Minister hoists the Indian flag on Independence Day. We also went to the Qutub Minar, one of the tallest towers in India. My sister Priya was very excited to see everything. She kept asking, "Can we visit India Gate too?" Our guide, Mr. Ramesh, was very knowledgeable. He told us stories from Indian History. The trip taught us the importance of preserving our heritage. It was an unforgettable Journey that brought history to life.

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