Capitalization Can You Remember the Rules for Each

Capitalization Can You Remember the Rules for Each Situation? Time 4 Writing provides these teaching materials to teachers and parents at no cost. More presentations, handouts, interactive online exercises, and video lessons are freely available at Time 4 Writing. com. Consider linking to these resources from your school, teacher, or homeschool educational site. The rules: These materials must maintain the visibility of the Time 4 Writing trademark and copyright information. They can be copied and used for educational purposes. They are not for resale. Want to give us feedback? We'd like to hear your views: info@time 4 writing. com. © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

Situations affected by the rules of capitalization: 1. The first word in a sentence 2. Names (of people, places, and things) 3. Titles (but not all the words) 4. Days and months (but not seasons) © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

The easiest capitalization rule: Examples: Start every sentence with a capital letter. “He went to the store. ” “Wait, I’m coming!” “There is the book you lost. ” © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

Capitalize proper nouns. Including people’s names: George Washington Including names of specific places or things: New York State, Super Bowl Did you know that you even capitalize the title of the relationship of a family member when it is included with the name? “I received a gift from Uncle Henry. ” © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

Capitalize titles of books, magazines, articles, movies, etc. Goodnight Moon, Finding Nemo, Local Team Goes to State Finals Why wasn’t the word “to” capitalized in the article title above? Keep scrolling to find out! © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

We don’t capitalize minor words in titles. Three Rules for Capitalizing Titles: Capitalize first and last words. Capitalize main words. Don’t capitalize articles or prepositions with fewer than four letters. © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. Example: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

Capitalize days and months. Examples: Monday, Friday, January, November But don’t capitalize seasons like spring or winter unless: ● they are part of a proper name (The Fall Festival). ● they begin a sentence (Winter is beautiful. ). © 2016 Time 4 Writing. com. All Rights Reserved. www. time 4 writing. com/free-writing-resources

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