Using Capital LettersUsing Capital Letters

Capitalizing Words Correctly

1. the first word in a sentence

2. names (of people, places, things)

3. titles (but not all the words)

4. days & months (but not seasons)

This is the easiest capitalization rule:Start every sentence with a capital letter...

He went to the store for milk.

Wait, I'm coming!

There is the book you lost.

Capitalize Proper NounsThese include people's names:

George WashingtonThese also include names of specific places or things: 

New York State

Disneyland

Winter Olympics

Capitalize Titles

Capitalize titles of Books, Magazines, Articles, Movies, and so on. For

example:

Goodnight Moon

Finding Nemo

Local Team Goes to State Finals

But why wasn't "to" capitalized?

That's because we don't capitalize "minor" words in titles.

Example:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The 3 Rules for Capitalizing Titles

              1. Capitalize first and last words

              2. Capitalize main words

              3. Don't capitalize articles or prepositions

                  with fewer than four letters

Capitalize Days and Months

Monday and  January

Don't capitalize seasons unless:

1. They are part of a proper name

    The Fall Festival

2. They begin a sentence

    Winter is beautiful.

Exercise: capitalize wherever necessary:

1. you really only have one good chance to get an education.

2. I'm going to the park with my friends kathy and bart.

3. paul's class schedule includes american history, spanish, english, and math.

4. the chicago river runs into the mississippi valley waterways.

5. mrs. clark asked if amy would help.

6. uncle rob took us to texas.

7. my aunt and i picked up the papers.

8. she saw snow white when she was five years old.