CAPITAL LETTERS

1.STARTING A SENTENCE 5. NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES

We need to talk. Rafael is Colombian, but he
"Stop that", said George. speaks Spanish.

2.NAMES AND TITLES

6. COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Marie took her son to see
Manuela and Daniela work for Amazon.
Dr. Smith.
The ONU is in charge of that matter.
3.PLACE NAMES
We work in Pereira, Colombia. 7. HEADINGS AND BOOK/FILMS TITLES
Janis lives in Bali.
Alice in Wonderland is my sister's

4.DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS favorite book.

I have watched The Godfather plenty
The exam is on Monday. of times.
I will go to Paris in July.
 LET'S PRACTICE
Rewrite the following sentences with the correct capitalization.

Every December, I can hardly wait for Santa Claus.

Friday is the best day because we order pizza from Domino's

The best television shows are Spongebob and Ed, Edd, and Eddie

My favorite song is We Will Rock You

King Arthur ruled over Camelot

 LET'S PRACTICE
Put an X if the sentence is capitalized incorrectly and a C if it is capitalized
correctly.
C

C S
X

p
X

R
X

P
X

g b
X

C
 LET'S PRACTICE
Circle the words that need to be capitalized. There are 24 words.

I E W I

A A I C

T P M
G

w R R R I

H J
C

S D Z
 THE PERIOD
A period, or “full stop," is the most common
punctuation mark in English.

INDICATE THE END INSTRUCTIONS OR

OF A STATEMENT
The customer requires Follow the steps:
to trade-in his phone.
He would like to track
his package from his
phone.
Steves requires a new
item to be sent.
ABBREVIATIONS
COMMANDS
The shift starts at 6 a.m. and
finishes at 4:30 p.m.
1. Go to Settings.
2. Select Wi-Fi and turn
Mr. Brown is with Miss.
the toggle or button to
Williams.
“On.”
3. Check if the
etc.
connections works.
e.g.
Inc.
 THE PERIOD
How to use the period with parentheses and
quotation marks
OUTSIDE THE PARANTHESES INSIDE THE PARANTHESES
If a sentence ends with a parenthetical that If the parenthetical is itself an entire
is only part of a larger sentence, the period sentence, the period is placed inside the
is placed outside the closing parenthesis. closing parenthesis.
Example: Example:
Hotel rooms are likely to be in short supply You can borrow the book. (I finished it
throughout August (the peak travel period). last week.)
We will be meeting at noon (Papa John's). Come over at seven o'clock. (Samuel will
be there.)
QUOTATION MAKRS
If a sentence ends with a quote, the
period is placed inside the closing
quotation mark, even if the period is
not part of the original quotation.
Example:
The president’s speech began and
ended with the word “freedom.”
Marie's favorite movie is "Amelie."
 LET'S PRACTICE
Add the periods and capital letters when necessary.

I visited marie in the city she lives with her mom they rent an
apartment on the south side of town we had a nice visit we went
hard rock cafe I hope I can return next year

The agent talked to ms miller she needed to pay her bill the agent
asked her what type of payment method she had she said she
wanted to pay before 4 pm The agent did a good job.
 LET'S PRACTICE
Add the periods and capital letters when necessary.
dear mr johnson,
following our phone conversation on Monday, i am delighted to inform you
that your application for a business loan has been approved please find
attached the credit agreement would you please visit our bank tomorrow,
so we can sign the paperwork i would like to remind you to bring with you
all relevant company documents

kind regards,

duncan smith
accounts manager
reale bank
 THE COMMA
A comma indicates a small break. Some writers think of a
comma as a soft pause—a punctuation mark that separates
words, clauses, or ideas within a sentence.

SEPARATE A SERIES CONNECT TWO SET OFF INTRODUCTORY

OF WORDS INDEPENDENT CLAUSES PHRASES OR CLAUSES
Before the conjunctions: for, If you call her back, she will let
She has visited London,
and, nor, but, or, yet and so you know.
Paris, Rome and Madrid.
(fanboys).

I normally eat bread, When you log into your account,

You can pay today, or you can send me a message.
cheese, some veggies and
wait until tomorrow.
fruits.
She wanted a refund, so she After assisting three customer in
called cx. a row, Kate felt very tired.
 THE COMMA
A comma indicates a small break. Some writers think of a
comma as a soft pause—a punctuation mark that separates
words, clauses, or ideas within a sentence.

SEPARATE NON- DIRECT ADDRESS SEPARATE DATES, YEARS

ESSENTIAL CLAUSES When directly addressing a person AND ADDRESSES
by name, add a comma after the
Adds extra information Ms. Davis lives in
name.
and can be removed from Scarsdale, New York.
the sentence.
Hey, I'm Gloria. What's your name?
My aunt was born in
Thank you, Mr. Anderson.
The supervisor, which is June 30, 1965.
Good morning, Kristie.
from England, brought us
Charlie, have you ever considered
together to have a I'm flying to Bali, July 4.
to change jobs?
meeting.
 LET'S PRACTICE
Read the following sentences and add the comma when necessary.
1. By the old bridge at the north of town we are meeting for a picnic.
2. The day was overcast yet we went to the beach.
3. At the last meeting of the cheerleaders Janie was elected captain.
4. He would not let them fight nor would he allow them to give up.
5. I have seen his picture in magazines on television and in movies.
6. The story was very interesting and she read it on one evening.
7. Mrs. Winston your class has helped me.
8. Dr. Rodriguez who was present as the scene called for an ambulance.
9. Yes he assigned another essay.
10. James who was hurt in the accident is the lawyer of Edward.
11. He drove through Illinois Indiana and Kentucky.
12. Allan please get me some candies.
13. Mr. Barnes my dance instructor was a professional entertainer.
 LET'S PRACTICE
Read the following paragraph and add the comma when necessary.

Hi Mr. Morrison I am Lucie from DIRECTV and I will happy to help you. First of all
I would like to confirm the reason why you have contacted us. Mr. Morrison you
said you paid for some extra sports channels but you have not been able to
watch them since there are not in the channel line up. In that case here is what
we can do. I will send you an email with a passcode which is saved for loyal
customer so you can enter it as soon as you log into your account. Then select
once again the channels you want to add and that would solve the
inconvenience. Mr. Morrison if you have any further questions let me know. I
hoe you have a great day. Thank you for contacting DIRECTV.
3