Capital letters for the start, for names and for I
Lesson 2 of 14 Year 1
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildEvery sentence opens with a big letter. If the word is a name, it gets one too.
1 · Tick the right one
a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: mia, leo · Mia makes the soup.
Tick: We eat pizza. · We eat pizza on Friday.
Tick: I like bread., Can I help? · I like warm bread.
4 · Help Polpetta
The p must go big because it is the first word of the sentence and Polpetta is a name. Tick the first word and a name.
2 · Find the 3 missing capitals
1
polpetta
Polpetta
2
mia
Mia
3
friday
Friday
We eat at one. is already right (the decoy). Polpetta and Mia are both sentence openers and names; friday is an opener and a day.
MediumTwo reasons a letter goes big: it starts the sentence, or the word is a name.
1 · Tick the right one
a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: tom, york, monday · Mia made the soup today.
Tick: Friday, Tuesday · On Monday we bake bread.
Tick: Mia and I baked., I think I can. · I like hot chocolate.
4 · Help Polpetta
The i must go big because it opens the sentence and because it means me, the one writing, so it is always a capital I. The r in rome must go big because Rome is the name of a place.
2 · Find the 5 missing capitals
1
monday
Monday
2
ask
Ask
3
mia
Mia
4
i
I
5
leeds
Leeds
Milan is the name that is already right (the decoy).
SpicyTwo reasons only: it opens the sentence, or the word is a name. Everything else stays small, however important it feels.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
On Monday in June, Mia took the train to Leeds.
My mum works here. Can I have a drink, Mum? Mum is a name in the second one, so it gets a big letter; my mum is just saying whose mum.
The café opens early and the school across the road eats here.
4 · Help Polpetta
Cook, The, Best, Pizza and In are wrong: they are not names and they do not open the sentence, so they stay small. Only On, Monday, I and Rome need capitals. Café needs its big C when it is part of a name: We eat at Polpetta's Café every Friday.
2 · Find the 7 missing capitals
1
on
On
2
saturday
Saturday
3
every
Every
4
friday
Friday
5
i
I
6
mia
Mia
7
york
York
April is the name already right (the decoy). café and school are the two words that look important but stay small.