Full stops
These are used at the end of every sentence – except when there is a question or
exclamation mark. They are always followed by a capital letter. Don’t use commas where
there should be full stops.
Here are some sentences and some phrases (incomplete sentences). Add a full stop to each
sentence and write the letter S. Leave each phrase without a mark.
1. My aunt likes playing badminton. (S)
2. Somewhere in the middle of the field
3. The batsman scored a century
4. The wind blowing in her hair
5. Everyone is welcome
6. All pupils with long hair must tie it back for sports activities
7. He broke his leg in the accident
8. Speeding along the motorway at 90 m.p.h
9. Overlooking the beach
10. The footballer was cheered by the supporters when he left the stadium
Add the missing full stops and circle any letters which should be capitals. The numbers
in brackets tell you how many full stops are needed in each paragraph.
Oliver Twist
Oliver sat wearily on the doorstep he shivered the sun was just rising over the town
and the chill of the night was still in the empty streets Oliver was too exhausted to move he
had walked seventy long hard miles since running away from Mr Sowerberry, his employer,
and his feet were bleeding he ached all over and he was thing and pale from hunger (6)
Still, Oliver thought, he was glad he had run away Mr Sowerberry had threatened to
send him back to the workhouse it had been a frightful place they were punished severely for
the slightest thing and there was never enough food to eat it was where the poorest of the
poor lived nine-year-old Oliver had never known any other home he was born and brought up
there he did not even know who his mother was, for she had died soon after he was born (8)
Then, all of a sudden, Oliver felt someone was staring hard at him a snub-nosed,
rough-looking boy was standing close by, wearing a tattered, long, brown coat and a tall,
battered hat he stood with his hands on his hips and looked him up and down with sharp, ugly,
little eyes (3)