CAPITAL lettersin English

CAPITAL LETTERS

We use capital (big) letters at the beginning of the following kinds of words:

The names of people

Mary, John, Bart, Homer, Igor, Ana...

The names of places

Canada, Croatia, Slovenia,

Middle Earth (imaginay place)

the European Union,

the United States...

The Plitvice Lakes

The Adriatic Sea

the names of:

DAYS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday

MONTHS: January, February, June, July, December, November, March, May

HOLIDAYS: Christmas, Easter, Statehood Day (June 25)Labour Day (May 1)All Saint’s Day (November 1)

The names of people’ s titles

Professor Blake, the Prime Minister,

Dr Jones, Mr Smith and Mrs Smith

The names of institutions

The Ritz Hotel, Oxford University

Vladimir Nazor Primary School

Nouns and adjectives referring to nationalities , languages, religions

She’s German and he’s Russian.

They can speak English, German andRussian.

He is Catholic.

The first word (and other important words) in the titles of books, films or theatre plays:

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

High School Musical

Koko and the Ghosts

Alice in Wonderland

The Little Prince

Correct teacher’s mistakes:

1. my name is ana. i am from germany.

2. my mother is italian.

3. we speak german, italian and english at home.

4. i like reading. my favourite book is harry potter, written by british author j.k. rowling.

5. my dad is a primary school teacher.

6. he works at john smith primary school.