Starter quiz
- True or false? Capital letters and lower case letters are all formed in different ways.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of the following are capital letters?
- Select the capital letters.
- Which of the following are lower case letters?
- Select the lower case letters.
- When would we use a capital letter in our writing?
- for a proper noun ✓
- at the end of a sentence
- at the start of a sentence ✓
- for the pronoun I ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Capital letters are upper case formations of a letter.
- Every lower case letter has a matching capital letter.
- Lower case letters and their capital letter can be formed in similar or different ways.
Common misconception
Forming a capital letter is just doing the lower case letter formation bigger.
Highlight every time the lower case and capital letter is different so it is clear the formation is different not just the size.
Keywords
Capital letter - the upper case formation of letters in the alphabet
Lower case letter - the smaller version of letters that we use for most of our writing, appearing in non-initial positions in words.
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