Name: ………………………….….…….. Date: ……….….

PUNCTUATION (Capital Letters)

A capital letter is used for the first letter in a sentence. Capital letters are also used for the first letter of the names of people, days of the week, months, cities, rivers, countries, book titles etc.  e.g. Richard Thursday Paris New Zealand Select and write the two words in each group that should begin with a capital letter.

1. sunday, steven, helicopter, bowl ……………. …………….

2. peach, hobart, opal, brett ……………. …………….

3. monday, cow, skirt, geelong ……………. …………….

4. rodney, mountain, belgium, trip ……………. …………….

5. valley, lucy, october, plum ……………. …………….

6. pacific, diamond, metal, wayne ……………. …………….

7. ben, thursday, trousers, grape ……………. …………….

8. zinc, david, peru, wine ……………. …………….

9. river, michael, pencil, ireland ……………. …………….

10. anthony, ruler, scarf, april ……………. …………….

11. tulip, football, michelle, japan ……………. …………….

12. january, shark, stephen, potato ……………. …………….