capital letters by: katie, alex, jack, julia, sydney, ryan

Capital LettersBy: Katie,

Alex, Jack, Julia,

Sydney, Ryan

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-the first word in a sentence-the first word in a direct quotation

-and usually the first word of lines in poetry and songs

I was playing at Chuck E. Cheeses on the weekend.

She said, “Go over there!”

“Oh na na, what’s my name?”

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-proper nouns and proper adjectives-names of people, groups, buildings,

particular places, months, and holidaysObama ate mini cheeseburgers at Steak n’ Shake.

Jesus Christ was born on Christmas day.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-a title when it precedes a person’s name

Senator Alex Wood walked across the Sahara Desert with a camel named Bob.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-north, south, west, east when they refer to sections of the country

North America has better hot dogs than South America.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-the names of deities and sacred books

The priest was reading the Bible to the little children.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-the principal words in titles and works (but not in the articles a, an, and the.)

The book Romeo and Juliet is very good.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR…

-abbreviations of words

Dr. Alex just performed brain surgery on a goat named Babaganoosh.

Babaganoosh.

DO NOT CAPITALIZE…

-the names of subjects unless they come from proper names

ex. math, science.

I know how to speak Spanish.

EXAMPLES:

julia is very happy and excited right now.

EXAMPLES:

president george washington was a very good president.

EXAMPLES:north georgia has more mountains than

south georgia.

EXAMPLES: the play a mid-summer night’s dream was written by william shakespeare.

EXAMPLES: mrs. mckenna is the best teacher in the

world!

The end.