LJ 2 - P1 Capitals

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• Studiejaar 1-4

English Skills: Grammar 

English Skills: Grammar 

'A turkey may march in Turkey in May or March!'

As you saw on the previous slide, using a capital letter at the start of a word can make a really big difference to its meaning in English. So, it's very important to use capitals correctly.

This lesson you're going to learn when you have to use a capital letter at the start of an English word. This will be important knowledge for your writing exam.

Use of capitals in English:

Let's start with the obvious:

1. At the start of a sentence.

Thanks for pointing that out.

    

Use of capitals in English:

Let's start with the obvious:

1. At the start of a sentence.

Thanks for pointing that out.

2. The personal pronoun (persoonlijk voornaamwoord) 'I'.

He asked me to come along, but I can't be bothered.

    

Use of capitals in English:

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
her sister wants to be a vet.

1. her
2. sister
3. wants
4. vet

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
strangely, i do believe her.

1. strangely
2. i
3. strangely & i
4. i & do

3. Own names and surnames.

Darren, Mary, David Jones, MacDonald

    

Use of capitals in English:

3. Own names and surnames.

Darren, Mary, David Jones, MacDonald

When names consist of more than one word, they are all capitalized.

Golden Gate Bridge, New York, The Netherlands, Friesland Campina

    

Use of capitals in English:

4. For family relations, if you use them as an own name.

That was the day he met Uncle Albert.

But:  He bought his uncle a present.

    

Use of capitals in English:

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
my aunt is travelling to den bosch.

1. my
2. aunt
3. den bosch
4. my & den bosch

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
my cousin jeremy is travelling to houston.

1. my
2. cousin
3. my, jeremy & houston
4. my, cousin, jeremy & houston

5. Titles in front of names.

Yesterday, I spoke to Mr Jones.

He interviewed Mayor Khan.

But, not when the title comes after the name.

Sadiq Khan, mayor of London

    

Use of capitals in English:

6. Days, months and bank holidays.

Monday, Tuesday

January, February

Easter, Christmas

But, not for seasons.

winter, spring, summer, autumn, fall

    

Use of capitals in English:

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
de blasio became mayor of new york in january 2014.

1. de blasio & mayor
2. de blasio, mayor, & new york
3. de, mayor, new york & january
4. de blasio, new york & january

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
mrs green traveled to scotland on easter monday.

1. mrs, green & scotland
2. mrs, scotland & easter
3. mrs, green, scotland, easter & monday
4. mrs, green, scotland & monday

7. The important words in the titles of books, films, songs, plays, musicals etc.

Please note: the, a, an and short prepositions (voorzetsels) are only capitalized when they are the first word of the title. 

The Catcher in the Rye

The Fault in Our Stars

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    

Use of capitals in English:

8. Names of countries, languages and nationalities.

The Netherlands, Germany, China

He speaks fluent Spanish

a British girl, an American film, French bread, Danish pastries

Use of capitals in English:

9. Trade names.

Coca Cola, Google, KLM, Alfa Romeo

Use of capitals in English:

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
my aunt helen works for microsoft in berlin.

1. my, helen & berlin
2. my, aunt, helen, microsoft & berlin
3. my, helen, microsoft & berlin
4. my, aunt, helen, microsoft

Which word(s) should be capitalized?
lars is from sweden, speaks japanese and loves sushi .

1. lars & sweden
2. lars, sweden & sushi
3. lars, sweden & japanese
4. lars, sweden, japanese & sushi

1. At the start of a sentence.

Recap:

1. At the start of a sentence.

2. The personal pronoun (persoonlijk voornaamwoord) 'I'.

Recap:

1. At the start of a sentence.

2. The personal pronoun (persoonlijk voornaamwoord) 'I'.

3. Own names and surnames.

Recap:

1. At the start of a sentence.

2. The personal pronoun (persoonlijk voornaamwoord) 'I'.

3. Own names and surnames.

4. For family relations, if you use them as an own name.

Recap:

1. At the start of a sentence.

2. The personal pronoun (persoonlijk voornaamwoord) 'I'.

3. Own names and surnames.

4. For family relations, if you use them as an own name.

5. Titles in front of names.

Recap:

6. Days, months and bank holidays.

Recap:

6. Days, months and bank holidays.

7. The important words in the titles of books, films, songs,         plays, musicals etc.

Recap:

6. Days, months and bank holidays.

7. The important words in the titles of books, films, songs,         plays, musicals etc.

8. Names of countries, languages and nationalities.

Recap:

6. Days, months and bank holidays.

7. The important words in the titles of books, films, songs,         plays, musicals etc.

8. Names of countries, languages and nationalities.

9. Trade names.

Recap:

Capital

noel

likes

reading

harry

potter

and

watching

netflix.

Capital

terry

and

louis

went

to

central

park

on

a

tuesday

last

august.

Capital

did

you

know

that

abraham

lincoln

was

the

sixteenth

president?

Capital

i

loved

reading

'the

hunger

games'.

Capital

king

arthur

ruled

over

camelot.