4. Rules: Always Capitalize…Examples The first word of a sentence W hat is his name? H is name is Matthew Simmons. The pronoun, I Harris and I like to play tennis together. The names and titles of people He has a meeting with D r. C arol W olf. Let’s call S ong Y ee. The names of streets, cities, states, countries, and continents The library is on J uniper S treet. She is from A ustin, T exas. They live in L ima, P eru. P eru is in S outh A merica. Days of the week and months of the year His birthday is next T hursday. We’re going on vacation in J une. The names of languages and nationalities He speaks V ietnamese. My grandparents are M exican.

5. 1. 1. i like to travel. 2. 2. chris lives in virginia. 3. 3. When did they get back from Mexico 4. 4. Mr. Kim has a meeting on Friday. 5. 5. let’s meet sam for lunch on wednesday 6. 6. Did you see Mrs. Smith in the library? 7. 7. Do you like to swim 8. 8. I went to the beach in July.

8. English paragraphs are written in a special form. Follow these rules when you write a paragraph: 1.Indent the first line of each new paragraph about 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) from the margin. 2.Begin each sentence with a capital letter. 3.End each sentence with correct punctuation (a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point). 4.Do not start each sentence on a new line.

9. Indent First Line Period

10. Capital Letter Beginning of Next Sentence

11. Revising Checklist YesNo Is the first word of the paragraph indented? Does each sentence begin with a capital letter? Does each sentence end with a period? Does each new sentence begin next to the one before it?