CAPITAL LETTER

CAPITALIZATION
THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE
 Use a capital letter to begin a sentence .

 The man arrived. He sat down.

 My name is Lara.
 SUBJECT PRONOUN I
 Use a capital letter for the personal pronoun ‘I’

 What can I say?

 SCHOOL SUBJECTS
 Use capital letters for school subjects only
when we use them to refer to the course.

 I want to study Geography this summer.

DAYS OF THE WEEK, MONTHS ,HOLIDAYS
Use a capital letter for days of the week, months
of the year, holidays:

 Monday, Tuesday

 January, February

 Christmas
COUNTRIES, LANGUAGES ,NATIONALITIES
 China, France

 Japanese, English
 RELIGIONS
 Isalam
 Christianity
 Judaism
 NAMES AND TITLES
 Use a capital letter for people's names and
titles
 King Henry VIII

 Dr Smith
 PLACES AND MONUMENTS
  Use a capital letter for places and
monuments

 London, Paris, the Latin Quarter

 the Eiffel Tower, St Paul's Cathedral
TITLES OF BOOKS, POEMS, SONGS,
PLAYS, FILMS
 Use a capital letter for titles of books,
poems, songs, plays, films
 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
 Use capital letters for many abbreviations
and acronyms

abbreviation Mr. Mister

acronym U.S.A United States of America