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shosho_angl
12-05-2008, 07:40 AM
When do you use a capital letter

The Capital Letter
The capital letter is also called a big letter or upper-
case letter, or sometimes just a capital.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
When do you use a capital letter? Use a capital letter for the first letter in a
: sentence

. The dog is barking

! Come here

* Always use a capital letter for the word

I am eight years old.

Tom and I are good friends.

Use a capital letter for the names of people

Alice, Tom, James, Kim, Snow White.

Use a capital letter for the names of places:

National Museum, Bronx Zoo, London, Sacramento

Use a capital letter for festivals, holidays

days of the week, months of the year

New Year’s Day, Christmas, Labor Day, Mother’s Day
.
Sunday, Monday, Friday, January, May, July, October

Exercise 1

Circle the letters that should be CAPITALS.

peter and i are good friends.1

we are going to chicago during our summer2
. vacation

. there is an interesting football game on Sunday3

jason lives on thomson avenue.4

. january is the first month of the year5