Capital Letters, Full Stops, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks

Term 1 Week 4

Capital Letters - When do we use them?

When do you use a capital letter?

1. A sentence always begins with a capital letter.

2. A proper noun, like a person’s name, begins with a capital letter.

3. A proper noun, like a place, begins with a capital letter.

4. Proper nouns, which are SPECIAL names, begin with a capital letter. (Christmas, Easter, June, Monday etc.)

For example: We don't capitalize the word "bridge" unless it starts a sentence, but we must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge.

Add in the Capital Letters (use a different colour)

1. Are you going to Wellington on Sunday? :) :) :)

2. Have you got the time Ben?

3. Spain and Italy are both countries.

4. What are you getting for Christmas Sarah? :)

5. Mrs Smith laughed at Carl.

6. Paris is the capital of France.

7. Where are Jim and Bob going?

8. The River Avon is in Christchurch.

Where do the capital letters and full stops go?

Last night when I went home from school my mummy said she had a surprise for me. As soon as we got into the house she told me to wait next to the doors

he ran into the kitchen and i could hear funny scratching noise i took my coat off and sat on the stairs waiting patiently soon mummy came back and had something hiding under her coat the thing was moving and wriggling about she took her coat off and underneath there was a little puppy she laughed and put the puppy in my arms i was so happy

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Full Stops, Question Marks or Exclamation Marks

1. Blowing fiercely, the wind gusted through the frost-covered valley

2. What time does the film start

3. What I wanted was out of stock

4. This is the best present ever

5. The ornate, mahogany wardrobe was covered with dust

6. Sit down now

7. How do spiders spin their webs

8. Hidden beneath the autumnal leaves, the fox watched a rabbit slowly approach

9. How dare you speak to me like that

10. Can I borrow a rubber

11. Why is your P.E. kit on the floor

12. You made me jump

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Full Stops, Question Marks or Exclamation Marks

as i was walking through the jungle, i was suddenly surprised by a strange creature that was standing in the middle of my path wow what an interesting creature. What could it be

Carefully i approached it making sure i looked it in the eye the whole time it tilted it’s head and appeared to be looking me up and down my stomach was rolling with nerves as i stopped in front of it i reached out my hand as if to shake hands but then realised that was a silly thing to do as it didn’t have hands but wings what should i do

Raising it’s wings high into the sky, this creature towered above me i was not feeling safe. run

Using Capital Letters, Full Stops, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks in my own writing.

Go to your Understanding my Goals writing document and look at your long writes.

Have you used full stops and capital letters correctly?

Read through your work carefully (out loud) and put in your full stops and capital letters where they should go. Use a different colour font to show your improvements.