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MATHAYUM 6
Teacher: Joshua “Josh” Superales
Capital letters and
apostrophes
Look at these examples to see how capital
letters and apostrophes are used.
• A. summer
• B. Summer
The ___ of Croatia works in Zagreb.
• A. president
• B. President
My ___ favourite holiday is Christmas.
• A. children’s
• B. childrens’
___ time to go home now.
• A. It’s
• B. Its
Are you going to be with your family for
___?
• A. Holi
• B. holi
Anne-Marie speaks ___ really well.
• A. Italian
• B. italian
Andy is staying at her ___ house while
they are on holiday.
• A. parent’s
• B. parents’
___ family live in Arizona.
• A. Jamie’s
• B. Jamies’
Capitalisation
• There are lots of times when you need to use capital letters –
for example, to start a sentence or for the pronoun I. Here are
some other important rules for using them.
Days, months and holidays
• Examples:
• Example:
• Example:
• Example:
• She can't drive because she's broken her leg. (can't = cannot; she's = she
has)
• Example:
• Example
• Marie's mother is going to Hong Kong
• We also use 's when the possessor is a plural noun that does not
end in s.
• Example
• The People's Republic of China
My cousin writes children's books
When a plural noun ends in s, we put the apostrophe
after the s (s').
• Example
• This is a picture of my parents' house.
• Our friend's new car is red. She just got it yesterday.
• Our friends' new car is red. They just got it yesterday.
• A. June
• B. june
They enjoy ___ films.
• A. Iranian
• B. iranian
We always go out for ___ food on
Saturday night.
• A. Asian
• B. asian
All ___ accessories are on sale today.
• A. women’s
• B. womens’
My best ___ apartment is really expensive. I
don't know how he can afford it.
• A. friend’s
• B. friends’
___ you heard? He moved back to
Panama
• A. Have’nt
• B. Haven’t
Don't worry, ___ no problem. I don't
need it until tomorrow.
• A. it’s
• B. its
That's not a church – it's a ___ temple.
• A. Hindu
• B. hindu