Capital letters and punctuation

We use capital letters for:

 the start of a sentence

 the first person pronoun, “I”
 people, places and nationalities (Sue, Lisbon, American)
 days and months
Punctuation marks

 full stop .
 comma ,
 question mark ?
 exclamation mark !
 apostrophe ‘
 colon :

A – Add capital letters and punctuation to the sentences.

1 – my best friends name is sue
2 – im tom and im from new york
3 – whats your favourite sport
4 – i play volleyball on mondays wednesdays and thursdays
5 – my parents best friends are american
6 – don’t run
7 – we visited many interesting places during our trip to london buckingham palace london
eye the tower of london big ben and harrods
8 – i sit next to john in my french lessons
9 – we go to the cinema in london on sundays
10 – johns favourite actor is will smith
11 – i prefer English actors
Punctuation is
12 – do you do your homework on friday saturday or sunday
essential to
good writing!

Key:
1 – My best friend’s name is Sue.
2 – I’m Tom and I’m from New York.
3 – What’s your favourite sport?
4 – I play volleyball on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
5 – My parents’ best friends are American.
6 – Don’t run!
7 – We visited many interesting places during our trip to London: Buckingham Palace,
London Eye, the Tower of London, Big Ben and Harrods.
8 – I sit next to John in my French lessons.
9 – We go to the cinema in London on Sundays.
10 – John’s favourite actor is Will Smith.
11 – I prefer English actors.
12 – Do you do your homework on Friday, Saturday or Sunday?