Circle the capitals
Sentences printed all in lowercase: pupils circle each letter that should be a capital. The quickest practice for Grade 1.
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Teaching guide: capital letters in Grades 1 to 3
Capital letters are one of the first rules children learn when they start writing sentences: at the start of a sentence, for the word I and for the names of people and places. This free capital letters worksheet generator makes exercises from original English sentences, with an answer key: circle, copy, find the mistakes and sort words. For other spelling patterns, try the spelling worksheets or the prepared dictations.
Student worksheet 
Answer key Copy it correctly
Sentences to copy on the lines with the capital letters in place, so handwriting and the rule are practised together.
Find the mistakes
Sentences with capitals missing and capitals that should not be there (like Summer in the middle of a sentence). The sheet says how many mistakes each one has.
Sort the words
Names and common nouns, days and seasons, countries and languages to write in the right column: Monday with a capital, morning without.
The rules of English
Sentence starts, the word I, names and surnames, places, days, months, special days, nationalities and languages; the seasons stay lowercase.
One right answer
Every sentence has been checked: each capital letter has a rule that asks for it, and no word can be both a name and an ordinary word.
Frequently asked questions about the capital letters worksheets
Which grades are these worksheets for?
Grades 1 to 3 (Years 1 to 4 in the UK). Level 1 has short sentences, level 2 adds questions, exclamations and two sentences in a row, and level 3 has short texts of three or four sentences.
When do we use capital letters in English?
At the start of every sentence, for the word I, for names of people and pets, surnames and titles (Mrs Evans), for places (London, the Thames, Ben Nevis), and for days of the week, months, special days such as Christmas, nationalities and languages.
Do the seasons have capital letters?
No: spring, summer, autumn and winter are written in lowercase, unlike days and months. The find-the-mistakes exercise often includes them as a trap.
Why is I always a capital letter?
In English the pronoun I is always written as a capital letter, wherever it is in the sentence, and so are its short forms: I’m, I’ll, I’ve and I’d.
What is the review rule?
It mixes sentences from every rule at the chosen level, so pupils have to decide which rule each capital letter follows. It works well as an end-of-term check.
How do I print only the answer key?
Tap Print and choose “Answer key”, or “Worksheet and answer key” for both. Select the exercise and tap “New” for new sentences with the same settings.
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