Punctuating sentences Capital letters and full stops Sentences
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Punctuating sentences Capital letters and full stops
Sentences Capital letters are always used to start sentences He loves to eat cake. Full stops are used at the end of sentences. They are used to separate sentences and show the reader that the sentence or a complete thought, has ended. Photo courtesy of viviannguyen(@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution
Proper Nouns • Nouns are naming words. • Proper nouns are naming words for individual people, places, days of the week and months of the year. • Proper nouns all need capital letters. Common Nouns Proper Nouns girl Helen country England city Sheffield football team Nottingham Forest day/month Monday/September
Activity Can you spot the proper nouns in these sentences and add capital letters to the beginning of them? ben and susan went to australia for their holidays. Ben and Susan went to Australia for their holidays. owen supports hull city fc. Owen supports Hull City FC.
The Personal Pronoun ‘I’ When we are writing about ourselves we use the personal pronoun ‘I’ I can tell the time. The personal pronoun ‘I’ always needs a capital letter.
Example The sentences below do not have the correct punctuation. I have added capital letters and full stops in the right places. Remember, the beginnings of sentences, proper nouns and ‘I’ need capital letters! 1. it is always snowing in iceland. It is always snowing in Iceland. 2. my brother zach and i watch football every saturday night. My brother Zach and I watch football every Saturday night.
Example Below is a piece of writing that is made up of different ideas. You can’t tell when one idea ends and the other begins because they have not used any punctuation. Read through and think carefully about each idea. Remember – One idea, one sentence. With your grown up, think about where you the punctuation is missing. max and vikram sail a wooden boat jeff chucks bits of bun in the river for the ducks yasmin sits on a rock and looks for fish bill and bob see an eel ken the dog sits down in the mud and gets in a mess
Example Were you correct? Read through below. max and vikram sail a wooden boat jeff chucks bits of bun in the river for the ducks yasmin sits on a rock and looks for fish bill and bob see an eel ken the dog sits down in the mud and gets in a mess Corrected Max and Vikram sail a wooden boat. Jeff chucks bits of bun in the river for the ducks. Yasmin sits on a rock and looks for fish. Bill and Bob see an eel. Ken the dog sits down in the mud and gets in a mess.
Task Log on to Purple Mash to complete your task. There are three pieces of writing for you to read and they need you to fix them! Think about when a sentence ends and when a new one begins. Rewrite the sentences with any full stops and capital letters that are needed. If you are happy to type them on Purple Mash that is great, but if you would prefer to copy them out with the corrections on paper that is absolutely fine. Choose which you prefer. If you choose to do this, please just press hand in on Purple Mash with a comment to say you have completed on paper.