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Capital letters and full stops

Ages 5–7Chapter 4 · Lesson 1

In this lesson

Your turn

Which sentence is written correctly?

Show the answer

We met Amy in Paris. The start of the sentence, the name and the place all need capitals.

The common mistake

Here's a common mistake. Lots of people write a small I when they mean themselves. But I, on its own, always has a capital letter. Sam and I went home.

Try it at home

Capital hunt: on a cereal box, a sign or a page of a book, find five capital letters and say why each one is there: start of a sentence, I, or a name.

Read the whole lesson

Hello, and welcome to Myriora English! Capital letters and full stops show readers where each sentence starts and stops.

Use a capital letter at the start of every sentence. Use a capital for the word I, on its own. And use capitals for the names of people, places, days and months: Ben, London, Monday and June.

A full stop goes at the end of a sentence that tells you something. Then the next sentence starts with a capital letter again. We went to the park. It was sunny.

Let's try one together. Which two words need capital letters? On Friday we went swimming. Say it out loud!

On and Friday! On starts the sentence, and Friday is a day of the week. Well done if you said both!

Here's a common mistake. Lots of people write a small I when they mean themselves. But I, on its own, always has a capital letter. Sam and I went home.

Your turn! Which sentence is written correctly? Pick the right card. You've got eight seconds, or pause the video. Go!

Time's up! We met Amy in Paris. The start of the sentence, the name and the place all need capitals.

Quick review. A capital letter starts every sentence. The word I is always a capital. Names of people, places, days and months have capitals. And a full stop ends a sentence. See you next time!