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APPENDIX 1
CAPITALIZATION
| Capitalize the following: 1. The first word of a sentence | a) We saw a movie last night. It was very good. | Capitalize = use a big letter, not a small letter. |
| 2. The names of people | I met George Adams yesterday. | |
| 3. Titles used with the names of people. | I met Professor Steiner yesterday. | Compare: I saw a doctor. I saw Doctor Wilson. |
| 4. Months, days, holidays | I was born in April. Bob arrived on Friday. It snowed on Thanksgiving Day. | Note: seasons are not capitalized: spring, summer ……. |
| 5. The names of places: | Russia, Asia, the Volga River, the Lake of Baikal, the Rocky Mountains, on Gagarin Avenue. | |
| The names of courses | I take English. | |
| The names of languages | She speaks fluent French. | |
| The names of religions | Tatar is a Moslem |
Exercise 1. Add capital letters where necessary.
1. we’re going to have a test next Friday.
2. Do you know richard smith? He is a professor at this university.
3. professor smith teaches at the university of virginia.
4. the nile river flows into the mediterranean sea.
5. john is a catholic, ali is a Moslem.
6. anna speaks French, she studied in france for two years.
7. I’m taking a history course this semester.
8. I’m taking modern european history 101 this semester.
9. we went to Vancouver, british Columbia, for our vacation last summer.
10. Venezuela is a spanish-speaking country.
11. canada is in north America *.
12. canada is north of the united states.
13. the sun rises in the east.
14. the mississippi river flows south.
Exercise 2. Add capital letters where necessary.
1. We don’t have class on saturday.
2. I’m taking biology 101 this semester.
3. I’m taking history, English and calculus this semester.
4. We went to a zoo. We went to brookfield zoo in chicago.
5. I live on a nice street. I live at 2558 olive street.
6. We went to canada last summer. We went to montreal in july.
7. I like chineese food.
8. The religion of saudy arabia is islam.
9. She works for the xerox corporation. It’s a very large corporation.
10. Pedro is from latin america.
11. Are you going to go to the university of oregon or oregon state university?
12. I voted for senator jones. A senator is an important person.
* When north, south, east and west refer to the direction on a compass, they are not capitalized: Japan is east of China.
When they are part of a geographical name, they are capitalized: Japan is in the Far East.
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