Read: Capital Letters & Punctuation

OVERVIEW

 On this page, you will learn about capitalization and punctuation.

  1. First, read about capital and lower case letters. 
  2. Then, read the capitalization rules and punctuation rules.

READ

Read:

These are capital letters.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

These are lower case letters.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m
n o p q r s t u v w x y z

 

Capitalization: 

Study the chart below to review the rules for capitalization.

RULE EXAMPLE
Capitalize the pronoun I. I am from China.
Use capital letters with proper nouns. John is going to Canada in February.
Use a capital letter at the beginning of a new sentence. My name is Min.  I am from China.
The name of my city is Beijing.
Don’t use ALL CAPS.  This means that you are yelling! WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

 

Punctuation:

Punctuation is used most often at the end of a sentence.  It can also be used in the middle of a sentence.  Punctuation tells us what kind of sentence we are reading.  

  • A statement gives information and ends in a period.  
  • A question asks information and ends in a question mark.
  • An exclamation is important or exciting information and ends in an exclamation mark.
  • A sentence that has extra information, combines two (2) sentences, or has a list of three (3) or more things uses a comma. 

Study the examples below.

 

NAME OF PUNCTUATION SYMBOL SENTENCE
period . I am studying English.  
question mark ? What are you studying?
exclamation mark ! I love English!
comma , I like reading, but writing is difficult for me.

CAPITAL LETTER & PUNCTUATION RULES Links to an external site.