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    Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

    UFC _ Laghouat
    Department of English
    Level: Licence _ S2

    Dr. M Gasmi
    Writing
    LESSON ONE (01)

    Capitalization
    Capitalization is a good place to start when you study writing.

    1. Capitalize the names of people

    Ben Johnson Tom Clinton Ahmed

    2. Capitalize the first word of every sentence.

    A sentence can be a statement, command, question or an exclamation.

     Statement: My brother is at home.


     Command: Close the door.
     Question: Are you a student?
     Exclamation: Look out!

    3. Capitalize the names of cities, countries, and continents

    Moscow London Algiers

    Algeria England Ireland

    Europe Asia Africa

    4. Capitalize the days of the week

    Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

    5. Capitalize the months of the year, but not the seasons

    July February summer spring

    6. Capitalize the names of streets, lanes, roads, avenues and highways

    Emir Abdelkader Street Third Avenue

    7. Capitalize brand names, but don’t capitalize the names of the product.

    A Samsung television A Lotte hamburger


    8. Always capitalize the subject pronoun « I »

    Ali and I went to the stadium.

    9. Capitalize place names such as hospitals, hotels, buildings, companies, and schools

    Elbadr Bank Mercure Hotel Seoul National University

    10. Capitalize Acronyms

    Acronyms use capital letters from the first letters of a name to make an abbreviation. We
    write and say the short form. These acronyms are spoken as letters:

     the UN the United Nations


     the USA the United States of America
     the UK the United Kingdom
     the UAE the United Arab Emirates
     the WTO World Trade Organization
     OPEC the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

    Exercise 1

    Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct form of be. Then write the sentences
    with correct capitalization and punctuation on the lines below.

    1. seoul national university ________ near subway stop number 238

    2. the silla hotel ___________ near the Hilton hotel

    3. kaist ___________in daejon

    4. you can buy tortillas at the supermarket in the hanam building

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