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Recognise the Correct Use of Capital Letters

In this worksheet, students will revise the rules for capitalising words within sentences.

'Recognise the Correct Use of Capital Letters' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 1

Year:  Year 2 English worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Writing: Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

Curriculum subtopic:   Use Appropriate Punctuation

Popular topics:   Punctuation worksheets, Writing worksheets

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Worksheet Overview

Sentences always begin with a capital letter, but some words need a capital letter even if they are in the middle of a sentence.

 

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 We use capital letters for these words:

 

1) People's names

Mr Jones

Sarah Smith

 

husband and wife

 

2) Place names (towns, countries, streets, schools, shops etc.)

 

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London Great Britain Market Street Woodlands Primary School

 

3) Days of the week, months of the year and special dates

 

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January Tuesday Easter Christmas

 

4) The names of books, films and TV programmes

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Hundred and One Dalmatians

 

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In this activity,  we will be spotting capital letters and checking if they are in the right or wrong places.

 

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