Capital letters and full stops · Kindergarten

Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (or a question mark or exclamation mark). Inside a sentence, capital letters are only for special words: the names of people and places, days of the week, months, and the word I.

Key facts

• A sentence starts with a capital letter: The bus is late.
• A sentence ends with a full stop: We like to read.
• Names of people and places have capital letters: Amira, Cape Town, Egypt.
• Days and months have capital letters: Monday, March (but not seasons: summer).
• The word I is always a capital letter: Leo and I went home.
• Two ideas are usually two sentences, each with its own capital letter and full stop.

Worked examples

Other years

• Capital letters and full stops · Grade 1
• Capital letters and full stops · Grade 2