Unit 10
Review of capital letters
Capital letters are used: • to begin sentences • to begin proper nouns • to begin adjectives made from proper nouns ( Grenadians, Antiguan roads ) • in addresses and titles • for abbreviations.
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5 All the capital letters have been left out of this newspaper article. Copy it out correctly.
school says goodbye last friday, september 22, 36 people went to v.c. bird international airport to wave goodbye to elizabeth gibson. mrs gibson went to visit her son, nathan, in barbados. she is 72 and this is the first time she has left antigua. nine of her children and 27 grandchildren came to see her off. mrs gibson taught at st silas r.c. primary school for 30 years.
Capital letters are used in titles : • for the first word of the title • for most nouns and verbs. Capital letters are not used for a small word such as and, the or in unless it is the first word of the title. Being an Airline Pilot Anansi and the Yams The Best Party
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Write these titles, putting in the capital letters. 1 anansi and the tug of war
4 the tree of life
2 gran, can you rap? 3 danger! forest fires
5 dolphins and whales 6 the magic pumpkin
• Exercise 6: Tell students to check titles 1–4 against the contents page of this book.
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