English · Stage 1
Capitals for Names Too
Grammar & Punctuation — capital letter to start, full stop to end (and a capital on names)
✦ English📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop
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Kavi's Big Start, Little Stop
Kavi taught the sentence rule with a cheer: "Every sentence starts with a big capital letter and ends with a little full stop (.). And guess what — a name like Sam gets a capital too, wherever it sits! Big start, little stop — that's how we write."
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What your child will learn
1Read: big start, little stopEach sentence starts with a capital and ends with a full stop. Tap a line — notice the capital at the front and the dot at the end.
2Is it written correctly?
3Capital letter in, full stop outEvery sentence begins with a CAPITAL letter and ends with a full stop.
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A peek inside
Fix it: the dog ran. What is missing at the start?
the → The (capital start)
Try this at home: Write it right: 'the cat sat.'
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
Part of English · Stage 1 · S1 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.