Capital Letters
What are capital letters?
A capital letter (or uppercase letter) is a form of a letter which is normally bigger than the lowercase letter.
Examples:
C (capital letter) / c (lowercase letter)
F (capital letter) / f (lowercase letter)
M (capital letter) / m (lowercase letter)
The capital letters are in red and the lowercase letters are in black in the picture below.
If you haven’t learned about the alphabet yet, you can read this lesson here.
When should I use capital letters?
1. At the start of a sentence
Capital letters should be used at the start of sentences.
Examples:
He is going to the shop.
That’s the movie I watched last night.
What time does the next bus leave?
2. Names / proper nouns
Capital letters should be used when using someone’s name or talking about the name of a thing or place. These are generally called proper nouns.
Examples:
Australia
John
Murdoch University
Star Wars
3. Abbreviations
Examples:
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
GPS (Global Positioning System)
USA (The United States of America)
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