First Sentences

Capital letters and full stops

Start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.

A sentence has two marks that never change. It opens with a capital letter and closes with a full stop.

Remember

Capital letter at the start. Full stop at the end.

Worked example

Look at this sentence: The lamp is bright.

  1. T is a capital letter.

    It is the first letter of the first word.

Try it together

Let us mend two sentences together.

    1.In "her book is new.", which word needs a capital letter?

    Have a go

    Which one is written correctly?

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