Capital Letters and End Punctuation for Kids: Start Big, End Right (Grade 1 English)

Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Today we are learning how to start and end a sentence. Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a special mark. Let's find out which mark to use.

A capital letter is the big form of a letter. The first word of every sentence begins with a capital. The word I, when it means you, is always a capital too. I like cake.

Names of people and places get capitals, wherever they are in the sentence. The days of the week do too. My friend Ava lives in Calgary. We play on Monday.

Now the end. A telling sentence tells us something, and it ends with a period. That is a small dot. The dog is brown. My bag is red. Each one tells a fact.

An asking sentence asks a question, and it ends with a question mark. Questions often start with words like who, what, where, can or is. Where is my hat? Can you swim?

When a sentence shows a strong feeling, like surprise, joy or fear, it ends with an exclamation mark. It looks like a line with a dot under it. Wow, look at that rainbow! I won the race!

Now it's your turn. Fix this sentence: is it raining. What does it need at the start and at the end? Pause and try. It needs a capital I at the start and a question mark at the end.

Great job! Remember, start with a capital letter, use capitals for I and for names, and end with a period, a question mark or an exclamation mark. Practice sentences in the English Lab at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!