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.
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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