THE CAPITAL LETTER

The capital letter is also called a big letter or uppercase
letter, or sometimes just a capital.

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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 :
I am eight years old.
Tom and 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
4 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 I
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
Can you find the mistakes? Write the names correctly.

hopkins hotel
botanic gardens
national library
newton road