Capitalization Rules Universidad Metropolitana Título V Campus Learning Zone - Inglés

Rule 1 Correct: Liz and I w ent to the beach two days ago. Capitalize the pronoun I.

Rule 2 Correct: T he English class is my favorite. Capitalize the first letter of the first word of each sentence.

Rule 3 Capitalize the first letter of names of people, organizations, and places. Correct: L ynn has a store in P aris, F rance named D ots. name of a personplacestore

Rule 4 Capitalize the first letter of adjectives that are made from the names of people and places. Correct: Christie likes C hinese food. C hina is a place.

Rule 5 Capitalize initials. Correct: My cousin’s favorite author is E. A. Poe. E dgar A AA A llan

Rule 6 Capitalize the first letter of directions only when they are used to designate actual places, not when they point in a direction. Correct: When they visited the N ortheast, they had to drive south. It is a place

Rule 7 Capitalize the first letter of the names of months and the days of the week. Correct: My anniversary will be on a W ednesday next J une.

Rule 8 Capitalize the official title of a person (including abbreviations), but only when you use it with the person's name. Correct: Are you going to visit D r. Smith? D octor Smith

Rule 9 Capitalize words used as names or parts of names. Correct: Did you call U ncle James?

Rule 10 Capitalize the first letter of important words in a title of a book, magazine, story, essay, etc. Correct: My story’s title is “ T he A dventures of J ohan”

Rule 11 Capitalize historical events and documents. Correct: The U nited S tates C onstitution was adopted on September 17, Historical document

Rule 12 Capitalize the name of languages, races, nationalities, and religions. Correct: I learn P ortuguese with a B razilian teacher. language nationality

Rule 13 Capitalize acronyms. (An acronym is a word formed by the first, or first few, letters of words in a long name.) Correct: SONAR may be used as a means of acoustic location. so und n nn n avigation a aa a nd r rr r anging

Rule 14 Capitalize initialism. (An initialism is similar to acronym, but a word is not formed from the letters.) Correct: NIRA is the N ational C ollegiate R odeo A ssociation.

Practice Click on the link below. Follow the instructions. shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm P ractice what you have learn today!!

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Prepared by: Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza Nirazatte L. González Abella