My Name Is ...: Capital Letters
Explore capital letters in names, days, places, and short messages.
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Questions with solutions-
1. Preenche o espaço em branco.
My name is ___.
- Ben
- ben
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My name is Ben.
A person's name starts with a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.
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2. Preenche o espaço em branco.
___ is my bag.
- this
- This
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This is my bag.
The first word of a sentence starts with a capital letter. The other words do not all need capitals.
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3. Preenche o espaço em branco.
See you on ___.
- Monday
- monday
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See you on Monday.
In English, the names of days always start with a capital letter.
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4. Preenche o espaço em branco.
I live in ___.
- rome
- Rome
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I live in Rome.
Rome is the name of a city. City names start with capital letters.
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5. Preenche o espaço em branco.
This is Mr. ___.
- Green
- green
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This is Mr. Green.
Here, Green is a last name, not a color. Last names start with capital letters.
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6. Escolhe a resposta correta.
A message about a country:
- I am from japan.
- I am from Japan.
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- I am from Japan.
Country names start with capital letters. The word 'from' stays small.
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7. Escolhe a resposta correta.
A message about your friend Anna Lee:
- My friend is Anna lee.
- My friend is anna Lee.
- My friend is Anna Lee.
Look at both parts of the name.
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- My friend is Anna Lee.
In Anna Lee, both the first name and the last name need a capital letter.
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8. Preenche o espaço em branco.
My sister lives in ___.
- New york
- New York
- new York
This city name has two words.
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My sister lives in New York.
New York is one city name with two words. Both words start with capital letters.
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9. Escolhe a resposta correta.
A note about a street:
- I live on Park Street.
- I live on park Street.
- I live on Park street.
The street's name has two parts.
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- I live on Park Street.
Street has a capital letter when it is part of a name, like Park Street. In 'my street,' it stays small.
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10. Escolhe a resposta correta.
A note about class days:
- Our class is on Tuesday and friday.
- Our class is on tuesday and Friday.
- Our class is on Tuesday and Friday.
Both day names need the same kind of first letter.
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- Our class is on Tuesday and Friday.
Both day names keep their capital letters. The word 'and' stays small between them.
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11. Preenche o espaço em branco.
Stop! ___ is my seat.
- that
- That
The exclamation mark ends the first sentence.
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Stop! That is my seat.
A new sentence can start after an exclamation mark. Its first word needs a capital letter.
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12. Escolhe a resposta correta.
A short message about a friend:
- This is Eva. she lives in Boston.
- This is Eva. She lives in boston.
- This is Eva. She lives in Boston.
Check both sentence starts and both names.
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- This is Eva. She lives in Boston.
She starts a new sentence after the period. Eva and Boston keep their capitals because they are names.