Capitalization: Mrs. Essediya Siragi Class: 1 BAC

Mrs.
Essediya Siragi
Class: 1st BAC
CAPITALIZATION
The first word of every sentence begins with a capital letter.
Names of persons are capitalized: John / Khalil / Aunt Amina / Uncle Joe
Initials used in names and abbreviations are capitalized: BBC / UNICEF / Dr
Carlson
The word ‘I’ is always capitalized.
The names of the days of the week and months are capitalized: January /
Rajab / Wednesday
The names of holidays, languages, and religions are capitalized: Achoura / Arabic / Islam
The names of countries, states, and cities are capitalized: South America / Rabat / Morocco
The names of streets and avenues are capitalized: Mohamed V Avenue / Capital Boulevard
The names of particular buildings, mountains, parks and bodies of water are capitalized:
Mississippi River / Indian Ocean / Eiffel Tower
Titles with names and titles of books, songs and newspapers are capitalized: Harry Potter / The
Washington Post
PUNCTUATION
A period or full stop (.) is used at the end of a sentence, an abbreviation.
1- Our teacher is kind.
2- I like to go to the U.S.A.
A question mark (?) is used at the end of a question.
1- How old are you?
2- Do you have a pen?
The exclamation mark (!) is used at the end of an exclamatory sentence. It is used to show
when we speak loudly, angry or surprised feelings.
1- What a genius she is!
2- Hurry up! The bus is here.
A comma (,) is used to show a pause in reading, to separate a list of words and after the name of
the person spoken to.
1- One day, Cinderella was walking in the forest.
2- I have a pencil, an eraser, a ruler and a compass in my pencil case.
3- Greg, bring me my book, please.
A semicolon (;) is used to replace the conjunction or period that connects two sentences.
1- My brother can play basketball; my sister can play baseball.
2- Roger is a police officer; Kate is a detective.
A colon (:) is used before lists, explanations and indicating hours and minutes.
1- We have been to several countries: Singapore, America, Finland, and Thailand.
2- I know what a monastery is: it’s like a place where people can pray and practice mediation.
3- The show starts at 1:15.
A dash (-) is used to explain a noun or shows a
pause.
I have been to three cities – Quebec, Toronto and
Vancouver – while I was in Canada.
A hyphen (-) is used to join words together.
a. twenty-five
b. a strange-looking dog
c. Meg is a ten-year-old girl
An apostrophe (’) is used to form possessive and
contractions.
a. I’ve = I have
b. I’m = I am
c. The book of the student = the student’s book
Quotation marks (“”) are used to highlight a word or
a phrase.
1- She said, “Beauty and the Beast” is her favorite film.
Mrs. Essediya Siragi
Class: 1st BAC
2- The word “excellent” means “very
good”
Punctuation and Capitalization exercises
A. Rewrite the sentences below using correct

capitalization.
1. the city of sacramento is the capital of california.
2. jennifer and peter will travel to russia to work in an
orphanage.
3. the jackson elementary school band will perform “yankee
doodle.”
4. my friend sally and i are reading the novel the phantom
tollbooth.
5. the train will stop in atlanta, montgomery, and jacksonville.
6. nicole likes pepsi, but veronica and brandon prefer coke.
7. the faces of four presidents are carved on mt. rushmore.
8. are you going to go to celeste’s party on saturday?
9. the new school year will begin in august or september.
10. the american women’s league meeting will be held on tuesday.
11. we celebrate valentine’s day in february, not in october.
12. sarah planned a christmas party at lakeshore park this december.
B. Rewrite the following sentences using the correct punctuation marks.

1. Maria has two brothers Robert and Miguel 6. The festival is very popular people from all
2. The girls jacket was green over the world visit each year
3. Isnt this house big 7. Do you like to sing My mom and I sing in a
4. Oh its good to see you again choir that meets every Tuesday
5. Will you get your books out please said the 8. Paris France is sometimes called The City of
teacher Lights
C. Helen wrote Amine the following email but she didn’t take care of punctuation and
capitalization. Rewrite the email and include the correct punctuation and
capitalization.
dear amine
thanks a lot for the information you provided me with the other day.
it was a great pleasure getting to know you and chatting with you i was very impressed by your
english you seem to be using very correct english your pronunciation is also excellent
your pieces of information were very useful and gave me good reason to be optimistic and feel
that im going to spend a good holiday in morocco next winter
what do you think of another audio chat next sunday at 6:00 pm
bye for now
all the best
helen
D. Write the following words and phrases in their corresponding places:

1. Give my love to your sister 6. Write soon. 9. I hope to hear from you
2. Regards 7. Love, soon.
3. Best wishes, 8. Thank you very much for 10. Give my regards to your
4. Hi Sarah, your letter of December 1st. parents.
5. How’s your family?
Mrs. Essediya Siragi
Class: 1st BAC
11. How are you? 15. That’s all for 21. It was great to hear from
I’m fine. now. you.
12. I look forward to hearing 16. Lots of love, 22. We look forward to hearing
from you soon. 17. Well, that’s all my news. from you.
13. Dear Herman, 18. Thanks for your e-mail. 23. I have some good news.
14. My mother sends her love. 19. I hope you’re well. I’m writing to tell you about
20. Dear Mr. White, my last holiday.
Greetings Introduction Conclusion Closing an e-
mail/letter

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Punctuation and Capitalization exercises

A. Rewrite the sentences below using correct

B. Rewrite the following sentences using the correct punctuation marks.

D. Write the following words and phrases in their corresponding places:

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