1. The first word of a sentence.

EXAMPLE:
2. Proper Nouns

 names of a particular person, place

or thing and that usually begins with a
capital letter

EXAMPLE:
3. Major words in titles of books and songs
EXAMPLE:

EXCEPTION - Do not capitalize short

prepositions, conjunctions, or articles unless they
are the first word of the title
4. Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays
EXAMPLE:

5. Countries, nationalities, and specific languages

EXAMPLE:
6. Trademarks (company’s product)

EXAMPLE:

7. Names of the planets

EXAMPLE:
8. The single-letter word, first person pronoun I
EXAMPLE:
You can easily memorize which words to
capitalize by remembering MINTS!

CAPITALIZE YOUR M.I.N.T.S

1. M – Months
2. I – The letter I
3. N – Names (Proper nouns – specific
people, places and things)
4. T – Titles
5. S – Start of Sentences
Direction: Reconstruct the following sentences below
according to the rules of capitalization.

1. maria’s house is clean.

2. Bucas Grande was one of the most glorious places i
ever known.
3. Ronnie and rico were good friends.
4. cebu is the queen city of the South.
5. The closest planet to the sun is mercury.