Capital letters

Part of EnglishPunctuationYear 1

What are the letters of the alphabet?

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There are 26 letters in the alphabet. In lower case they look like this:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

In upper-case (or capital letters) they look like this:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Some letters look the same in capital letters - just bigger - but others look different.

The ones that are different have been highlighted for you.

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Watch: When do you use capital letters?

Watch this video to learn about when you should use capital letters in your writing.

Learn about capital letters and have a go at using them in your writing.

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Top tip!

Here are some rules when to use capital letters.

  • Every sentence should start with a capital letter.

  • Use a capital letter for people’s names and the days of the week.

  • Use a capital letter when you write about yourself using ‘I’.

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Watch: Using capital letters

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Activity 1

Choose the correct capital letters to fill in the spaces in the alphabet.

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Activity 2

Read the sentences below and correct any mistakes.

You can write out the correct words or point to them and explain what is wrong.

The first one has been done for you.

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  1. Do you know where cooper and sarah are?

Do you know where Cooper and Sarah are?

  1. My best friends are called edie and ayla.

  2. Are you going to see paul on Friday?

  3. Next tuesday, luke is going on holiday.

  4. We saw luca, simran, rachel and max at the park last night .

You can check your answers using this answer sheet.

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Activity 3

When you are writing about yourself you always use a capital ‘I’, even if the word ‘I’ is in the middle of a sentence.

For example:

I went to the park with my friends.

or

My friends and I went to the park.

Write three sentences about yourself using a capital ‘I’ in each one.

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