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Capitalization

Sentence Skills beginner easy

When to use capital letters — sentence starts, proper nouns, the pronoun I, days, months and titles.

Sentence Skills — Detection, correction, rearrangement and translation.

Rules

1. First word of every sentence: The train is late. 2. The pronoun "I" is always capital. 3. Proper nouns (names of people, places, languages, nationalities): Ravi, Delhi, English, Indian. 4. Days, months and festivals: Monday, June, Diwali. 5. Titles before names: Dr Sharma, Mr Verma. 6. First word of a quotation: She said, "Come here." 7. NOT for common nouns, seasons or general subjects: the city, summer, mathematics.

Explanation

Capital letters mark the beginning of sentences and identify specific names. Indian-English writing often over-capitalises (Maths, Summer) or under-capitalises (i, monday). Learn the fixed list of what is capitalised.

हिंदी में

अंग्रेज़ी में बड़े अक्षर (capital letters) वाक्य की शुरुआत, व्यक्ति/स्थान के नाम और सर्वनाम "I" के लिए आते हैं। कॉमन संज्ञा, ऋतु या विषय के नाम पर capital नहीं लगता।

Examples

Ravi lives in Delhi and speaks English. — रवि दिल्ली में रहता है और अंग्रेज़ी बोलता है।
I will meet Dr Sharma on Monday. — मैं सोमवार को डॉ शर्मा से मिलूँगा।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"i live in delhi.","correction":"I live in Delhi.","note":"\"I\" is always capital, and proper nouns like Delhi take a capital."}
{"mistake":"She studies maths in summer.","correction":"She studies Maths in summer.","note":"Only fix this if the institution capitalises the subject name; seasons like \"summer\" stay lowercase — the safe rule is subject names lower-case, seasons lower-case."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Correct the sentence: "i met dr sharma on monday."

Answer: I met Dr Sharma on Monday.

💡 Capitalise the pronoun I, the title with the name, and the day.

Q2. The pronoun "I" is always written as a capital letter.

True
False

Answer: True

💡 English always writes the pronoun I as a capital, anywhere in the sentence.

Q3. Seasons such as summer and winter are capitalised in English.

True
False

Answer: False

💡 Seasons are common nouns and stay lower-case.

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Word Rearrangement	elementary	Arrange jumbled words into a correct sentence.
Error Detection	upper_intermediate	Finding the part of a sentence that contains a grammar error.
Sentence Correction	upper_intermediate	Rewriting an incorrect sentence correctly.
Sentence Improvement	upper_intermediate	Choosing the best way to say something.
Sentence Rearrangement	upper_intermediate	Putting jumbled sentences or words in the correct order.
Fill in the Blanks	intermediate	Choosing the correct word for a gap in a sentence.