Grammar and punctuationGrades 1–3
Capitalization worksheets
Sentences are printed with every capital letter removed but the ending punctuation left in place. The student rewrites each one on a line below. It is aimed at grades 1 to 3 and prints with an answer key.
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The skill behind the sheet
Capital letters carry information. They mark where a sentence begins, they flag a particular person or place, and they set the word "I" apart. Young writers often know all this and still forget it when they are busy thinking of what to say. This worksheet takes the thinking-of-ideas part away. The sentence already exists, and the only job is putting capitals where they belong.
What makes this page different from the rewrite sheet is that the final mark is left in place. A question still ends with its question mark. That keeps attention on letters and nothing else.
What prints
Each numbered item shows one sentence in lowercase, such as "my family visited chicago in july", with its period, question mark or exclamation point still attached. A single writing line sits under it. Words that began with a capital in the original, including names, days, months, places and the pronoun I, all appear in small letters. Titles like "mr. lopez" are lowercase too.
The instructions at the top list what to look for: the first word, names of people and places, days, months and the word I. The sentences come from a bank of 36 lines on pets, school, food and travel, drawn in a random order each time.
Settings
- Skill opens on "Capitalization". The same menu offers the rewrite, end punctuation, nouns and verbs versions.
- Number of problems can be set from 6 to 14, with 10 as the starting value.
- Choose the paper size and turn the answer key on when you download. The key page shows the correct sentence over each line in a second color.
Worked example: a trip to Chicago
Take the item "my family visited chicago in july." A child can mark it up with a pencil before writing.
- Underline the first letter of the sentence. It becomes M.
- Ask whether any word is the name of one particular place. Chicago is, so it takes a capital.
- Ask whether any word names a month or a day. July does.
- Leave "family" alone. It is a group of people, not anyone's name.
The finished line reads: My family visited Chicago in July.
For a trickier item, "ava and i read a book about sharks!", the child must capitalize Ava, the lone I and the first word, which here is the same as the name. Children who write "Ava and i" usually need the reminder that I is always a capital.
Reading the results
Look at which kind of capital was missed. Missing the first letter points to a handwriting habit rather than a gap in knowledge. Missing names or places suggests that proper nouns need more talk. Over-capitalizing ordinary nouns is common in second grade and fades with practice.
If the page feels easy, step up to rewrite the sentence worksheets where endings also have to be chosen. For vocabulary behind the rules, nouns worksheets separate names from everyday things.