🧠 Quick Study Guide: Capitalization for Grade 1
- 📝 Start Strong: Always begin the first word of every sentence with a capital letter. For example, "The dog ran."
- 👤 Name It Right: Capitalize the first letter of people's names (like John, Emily), specific places (like Paris, School Street), and even pet names (like Fido, Mittens).
- 👉 "I" is Important: The pronoun "I" is always capitalized, no matter where it is in the sentence. For example, "I like to play," or "My friend and I went to the park."
- 🗓️ Special Days & Months: Capitalize the first letter of days of the week (like Monday, Sunday) and months of the year (like January, July).
✍️ Practice Quiz: Capitalizing Sentences
1. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?
A. the sun is bright today.
B. The sun is bright today.
C. The sun is bright Today.
2. Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization for a name.
A. my friend lily loves to sing.
B. My friend Lily loves to sing.
C. My friend lily loves to sing.
3. How should the pronoun "I" be written in a sentence?
A. i went to the store.
B. I went to the store.
C. I Went to the store.
4. Which sentence correctly capitalizes a day of the week?
A. We play soccer on saturday.
B. We play soccer on Saturday.
C. We play soccer on saturday.
5. Find the sentence that correctly capitalizes a month.
A. My birthday is in july.
B. My birthday is in July.
C. My Birthday is in july.
6. Pick the sentence where both the start of the sentence and a name are capitalized correctly.
A. my dog max loves to run.
B. My dog Max loves to run.
C. My dog max loves to run.
7. Which sentence has all capital letters in the right places?
A. i like to eat pizza with my friend sam on friday.
B. I like to eat pizza with my friend Sam on Friday.
C. I like to eat Pizza with my friend Sam on Friday.
Click to see Answers
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. B