Capitalization Rules 12 SP1

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✨ Capitalization Rule: The Pronoun “I”

The word “I” is very special in English. It is the only pronoun that is always capitalized, no matter where it appears in a sentence. This rule makes “I” stand out and shows that it is important. (Capitalization Rules)

🟢 Rule: Always Capitalize “I”

Whenever you write about yourself using the pronoun I, it must be capitalized.
Even if it comes in the middle of a sentence, it is still capitalized.

Examples:

✅ I am studying.
✅ My friend and I went to the park.
✅ Do I need to bring my homework?
✅ She said that I was helpful.

❌ Wrong examples:

i am studying.
my friend and i went to the park.

👉 Notice how lowercase “i” looks wrong and confusing.

🧩 More Examples to Practice

✅ I love reading books.
✅ Can I join the game?
✅ I will help you with your project.
✅ Yesterday, I saw a rainbow.
✅ I think this is fun.

❌ Wrong:

i love reading books.
can i join the game?
yesterday, i saw a rainbow.

📚 Sentences with Multiple “I”s

Even if “I” appears more than once, each one must be capitalized.

Examples:

✅ I know that I can do it.
✅ I told him that I was ready.
✅ I think I will go now.

❌ Wrong:

i know that i can do it.

🔄 American vs. British English Differences

The rule for capitalizing “I” is the same in both American and British English.
There are no differences in this rule.

The only differences between American and British English are in spelling or vocabulary (like color/colour or favorite/favourite), but the pronoun “I” is always capitalized everywhere.

🧪 Practice Sentences

Fix the capitalization mistakes:

wrong: i am happy.
fix: I am happy.
wrong: my brother and i play football.
fix: My brother and I play football.
wrong: can i have some water?
fix: Can I have some water?
wrong: she said that i was kind.
fix: She said that I was kind.

🎯 Summary

The pronoun “I” is always capitalized.
This rule never changes, even in the middle of a sentence.
American and British English both follow the same rule.
Lowercase “i” is always wrong.

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✨ Capitalization Rules: Days, Months, Holidays, and Seasons

When we write about days of the week, months of the year, and holidays, we must always capitalize them. This shows respect for their importance and makes our writing clear.

But when we write about seasons (spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter), we usually keep them lowercase — unless they are part of a title or a special name.

🟢 Rule 1: Always Capitalize Days of the Week

Every day of the week is a proper noun, so the first letter must be capitalized.

Examples:

✅ Monday is my favorite day.
✅ We play football on Friday.
✅ School starts again on Tuesday.

❌ Wrong: monday is my favorite day.

🟡 Rule 2: Always Capitalize Months of the Year

Months are also proper nouns. Always capitalize them.

Examples:

✅ December is the last month of the year.
✅ We celebrate birthdays in July.
✅ School begins in September.

❌ Wrong: december is the last month of the year.

🎉 Rule 3: Always Capitalize Holidays

Holidays are special names, so they must be capitalized.

Examples:

✅ Christmas is a joyful holiday.
✅ We celebrate Diwali with lights.
✅ Thanksgiving is in November.
✅ Eid is celebrated by many people.

❌ Wrong: christmas is a joyful holiday.

🍂 Rule 4: Seasons Are Lowercase (Unless in a Title)

Seasons (spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter) are not capitalized unless they are part of a title or a special name.

Examples:

✅ I love summer.
✅ We go skiing in winter.
✅ The flowers bloom in spring.
✅ Leaves fall in autumn.

❌ Wrong: I love Summer. (unless it’s a title)

When to Capitalize Seasons:

✅ The Winter Olympics will be held in February.
✅ Summer Festival is fun.
✅ Spring Concert is next week.

👉 Here, “Winter Olympics,” “Summer Festival,” and “Spring Concert” are titles, so the season is capitalized.

🔄 American vs. British English Differences

The capitalization rules are the same in both American and British English.
The only difference is in the word choice for seasons and holidays:

Feature	American English	British English
Autumn/Fall	Fall is common	Autumn is common
Holidays	Thanksgiving (November)	Boxing Day (December 26)
Capitalization	Same rules: capitalize days, months, holidays; lowercase seasons unless in titles	Same rules

Examples:

American English:
- ✅ We go back to school in fall.
British English:
- ✅ We go back to school in autumn.

👉 Both “fall” and “autumn” are lowercase unless part of a title.

🧩 Practice Sentences

Fix the capitalization mistakes:

wrong: we will meet on wednesday.
fix: We will meet on Wednesday.
wrong: my birthday is in march.
fix: My birthday is in March.
wrong: we celebrate christmas in december.
fix: We celebrate Christmas in December.
wrong: i love Summer vacation.
fix: I love summer vacation. (but capitalize if it’s “Summer Vacation Program”)

🎯 Summary

Days, months, holidays → always capitalize.
Seasons → lowercase, unless part of a title.
American and British English follow the same capitalization rules, but may use different words (fall vs. autumn).

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✨ Common Mistakes and Quick Fixes: Sentence After an Abbreviation

Sometimes we use abbreviations in our writing. An abbreviation is a short way of writing a word or phrase, like a.m. for “in the morning” or p.m. for “in the evening.”

But here’s a common mistake: after an abbreviation that ends with a period (.), we might forget that the next word could be the start of a new sentence. If it is, the next word must begin with a capital letter.

❌ Mistake: Forgetting to Capitalize After an Abbreviation

If you continue writing without capitalizing, it looks like one long sentence, even though it should be two.

Example (Wrong):

She arrived at 7 a.m. then left.

👉 This looks like one sentence, but “Then” should start a new sentence.

✅ Quick Fix: Capitalize the Next Sentence

Always check: if the word after the abbreviation begins a new sentence, capitalize it.

Example (Correct):

She arrived at 7 a.m. Then she left.

🧾 More Examples

Wrong:

He finished at 5 p.m. then went home.
We met at 10 a.m. and had breakfast.
The train leaves at 6 p.m. it arrives at 9 p.m.

Correct:

He finished at 5 p.m. Then went home.
We met at 10 a.m. And had breakfast.
The train leaves at 6 p.m. It arrives at 9 p.m.

🧩 Practice Sentences

Try fixing these:

wrong: She woke up at 6 a.m. went to school. fix: She woke up at 6 a.m. Went to school.
wrong: The party starts at 8 p.m. everyone is invited. fix: The party starts at 8 p.m. Everyone is invited.
wrong: We arrived at 11 a.m. stayed until 2 p.m. fix: We arrived at 11 a.m. Stayed until 2 p.m.

🔄 American vs. British English Differences

The capitalization rule is the same in both American and British English:

Always capitalize the first word of a new sentence, even if it comes after an abbreviation.

The only difference is in the style of abbreviations:

American English: uses a.m. / p.m. with periods.
- Example: 7 a.m., 5 p.m.
British English: often uses am / pm without periods.
- Example: 7 am, 5 pm

Example:

American English: She arrived at 7 a.m. Then she left.
British English: She arrived at 7 am. Then she left.

👉 Notice that the abbreviation style changes, but the capitalization rule stays the same.

🎯 Summary

After an abbreviation, check if a new sentence begins.
If yes → capitalize the first word.
American English uses a.m. / p.m. with periods.
British English often uses am / pm without periods.
Capitalization rules are the same in both styles.

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Capitalization rules are guidelines that dictate when to use uppercase letters in writing. Proper capitalization helps clarify meaning and improves readability.

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1.1 Sentence beginnings – capitalization ➡️ Go
1.1 The core rule – capitalization ➡️ Go
1.1.3.1 After Quotations ➡️ Go
1.1.3.2 After End Punctuation in the Same Line ➡️ Go
1.1.3.3 After a Colon ➡️ Go
1.1.3.4 Parentheses and Dashes ➡️ Go
1.1.3.5 Bulleted and Numbered Lists ➡️ Go
1.1.3.6 Dialogue Tags ➡️ Go
1.1.4.1 Common Mistakes and Quick Fixes: Starting with Lowercase ➡️ Go
1.1.4.2 Common Mistakes and Quick Fixes: Sentence After an Abbreviation ➡️ Go
1.2 Proper Nouns ➡️ Go
1.3 Days, Months, Holidays, and Seasons ➡️ Go
1.4 The Pronoun “I” ➡️ Go
1.5 Titles Before Names ➡️ Go
1.6 Books, Movies, and Works ➡️ Go
1.7 Acronyms & Initialisms ➡️ Go
1.8 Quotations ➡️ Go

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The Grade 11 English Study Pack is a carefully designed resource that supports both teachers and students in mastering essential language skills. Created to align with the official teacher’s guide, it ensures lessons are taught consistently and effectively.

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Capitalization Rules 10 SP1

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✨ Capitalization Rules: Proper Nouns

A proper noun is a special name for a person, place, organization, or specific thing.
We always capitalize proper nouns to show that they are unique and important.

🟢 Rule: Capitalize Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are different from common nouns.

Common nouns are general names (like city, girl, school).
Proper nouns are specific names (like Colombo, Namitha, St. Joseph’s School).

👉 Always capitalize the first letter of a proper noun.

🧑 Names of People

✅ Correct: Namitha is my friend.
❌ Wrong: namitha is my friend.

Other examples:

Harry Potter
Lionel Messi
Taylor Swift

🌍 Names of Places

✅ Correct: Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.
❌ Wrong: colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.

Other examples:

London
New York
Mount Everest
Pacific Ocean

🏫 Names of Organizations

✅ Correct: Microsoft Copilot helps students learn.
❌ Wrong: microsoft copilot helps students learn.

Other examples:

United Nations
NASA
World Health Organization (WHO)
Google

📚 Names of Specific Things

Proper nouns can also be names of books, movies, holidays, or brands.

✅ Correct: I love reading Charlotte’s Web.
✅ Correct: We watched Frozen last night.
✅ Correct: Christmas is my favorite holiday.
✅ Correct: Nike shoes are popular.

❌ Wrong: charlotte’s web, frozen, christmas, nike

🧩 Practice Sentences

Can you spot the proper nouns?

We visited paris last summer.
➡️ Fix: We visited Paris last summer.
My teacher’s name is mrs. Silva.
➡️ Fix: My teacher’s name is Mrs. Silva.
He works at google.
➡️ Fix: He works at Google.
We climbed mount everest.
➡️ Fix: We climbed Mount Everest.

🔄 American vs. British English Differences

The capitalization rules for proper nouns are the same in both American and British English.
The difference is only in spelling or word choice, not capitalization.

Examples:

American English:
- Favorite holiday is Christmas.
- Color is my favorite subject.
British English:
- Favourite holiday is Christmas.
- Colour is my favourite subject.

👉 Notice: favorite/favourite and color/colour are spelled differently, but both start with a capital letter when they are proper nouns or at the beginning of a sentence.

🎯 Summary

Proper nouns = special names.
Always capitalize names of people, places, organizations, and specific things.
Common nouns (like city, boy, school) are lowercase unless they start a sentence.
American and British English follow the same capitalization rules, only spelling differs.

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