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