Using Capital Letters (Part 2)

 This is the second part of the post we started last Tuesday ! Don't  forget to  test yourself at the end !

7.Use a capital letter for trade-marks and names of companies and other organizations:

Coca Cola 

Apple

Microsoft Corporation, Mitsubishi

the United Nations, the Red Cross

8. Use a capital letter for places and monuments:

London, Paris, the Ramblas

the Eiffel Tower, St Paul's Cathedral

Buckingham Palace, the White House

Oxford Street, Seventh Avenue

Jupiter, Mars

Asia, the Middle East, the North Pole

9. Use a capital letter for names of vehicles like ships, trains and spacecraft:

the Titanic

the Orient Express

Challenger 2, the Enterprise

10. Use a capital letter for titles of books, poems, songs, plays, films etc:

War And Peace

The Shadow of the Wind

Like a Virgin

Romeo and Juliet

Gone With The Wind, The Dark Knight

11. Use capitals letters (sometimes!) for headings, titles of articles, books etc, and newspaper headlines:

HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH

Chapter 2: OBAMA’S EARLY LIFE

LIFE FOUND ON MARS!

DOG WINS LOTTERY

 Now test yourself by rewriting this sentence using capitals where necessary.

australian english teacher jane crocket loves eating italian food. she bought a cookbook by famous chef stefano bibiano after she had dinner at his award winning restaurant the lemon cello in rome. she goes on holiday each christmas and enjoys visiting museums like the national gallery in london or barcelona’s picasso museum. her favourite song is imagine by john lennon and she enjoys doing voluntary work for the royal society for the protection of animals, known as the rspca.


How did you do? Check your answers.

Australian English teacher Jane Crocket loves eating Italian food. She bought a cookbook by famous chef Stefano Bibiano after she had dinner at his award winning restaurant the Lemon Cello in Rome. She goes on holiday each Christmas and enjoys visiting museums like the National Gallery in London or Barcelona’s Picasso Museum. Her favourite song is Imagine by John Lennon and she enjoys doing voluntary work for the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals, known as the RSPCA.