The Capital Letter

The Capital Letter

The capital letter is also called a big letter or uppercase

letter, or sometimes just a capital.

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When do you use a capital letter?

1. Use a capital letter for the first letter in a

sentence:

                The dog is barking.

                 Come here!

2. Always use a capital letter for the word I:

                I am eight years old.

                Tom and I are good friends.

3.Use a capital letter for the names of people:

                Alice, Tom, James, Kim, Snow White

4. Use a capital letter for the names of places:

               National Museum, Bronx Zoo, London, Sacramento

5.Use a capital letter for festivals, holidays,days of the week, months of the year:

              New Year’s Day, Christmas, Labor Day, Mother’s Day,

              Sunday, Monday, Friday, January, May, July, October