The capital letter is also called a big letter or uppercase letter, or sometimes just a capital.
When do you use a capital letter?
1/ Use a capital letter for the first letter in a sentence:
The dog is barking.
Come here!
2/ Always use a capital letter for the word I:
I am eight years old.
Tom and I are good friends.
3/ Use a capital letter for the names of people:
Alice, Tom, James, Kim, Snow White
4/ Use a capital letter for the names of places:
Nationtal 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
Now let’s do some exercises to practice
Exercise 1
Circle the letters that should be CAPITALS. Then write the correct letter in the space above them.
1 peter and i are good friends.
2 we are going to chicago during our summer vacation.
3 there is an interesting football game on sunday.
4 jason lives on thomson avenue.
5 january is the first month of the year.
Exercise 2
Look at the signs on the left. Can you find the mistakes? Write the names correctly.
