Capitalization rules

Capital letters are used with particular types of nouns, in certain positions in sentences, and
with some adjectives. You must always use capital letters for:

1. The beginning of a sentence

Dogs are noisy. Children are noisy too.

2. The first person personal pronoun, I

Yesterday, I went to the park.

3. Names and titles of people

Winston Churchill, The Queen of England, The President of the United States

4. Titles of works, books, movies

Spider Man II, Django Unchained, Harry Potter…
War and Peace, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, As You Like It,

5. Months of the year

January, July, February, August

6. Days of the week

Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Saturday

7. Holidays
Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day

8. Names of cities, towns, villages, regions, states, districts, countries, and continents
London America Sussex
Cape Town England California
Florence Scotland Provence
Vancouver China Tuscany

9. Names of rivers, oceans, seas, lakes

The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific, Lake Victoria, the Rhine, the Thames

10. Names of geographical formations (mountains….)

The Himalayas, The Alps, The Sahara Desert,

11. Adjectives relating to nationalities and Languages

the French, the Germans, , the Americans
I speak Chinese, He understands English.

12 Names of streets, buildings, parks and places

Park Lane, Sydney Opera House, Central Park, the Empire State Building, Wall Street