ESOL Rs/E1.1b Use full stops and capitalisation to aid understanding

Use punctuation and capitalisation to aid understanding (i) Use some basic terms for aspects of punctuation and capitalisation, such as full stop, capital letter (ii) Use an understanding of the function of full stops and initial capital letters to help with reading (iii) Use the knowledge that capital letters are used for the beginning of names, dates, places and the personal pronoun ‘I', to help with reading

Find the Proper Nouns

A proper noun is a special name for a person, place, or thing. It always starts with a big letter (capital letter). Proper nouns tell us the exact name of something.

Editor's notes

Short, straightforward and very useful for underpinning and/or revision. A short introduction followed by 4 graduated reading and writing tasks.

Level

Entry Level 1

Entry Level 2

English

FE E1.11 Punctuate simple sentences with capital letter & full stop

FE E1.12 Use capital letter for pronoun ‘I’ and proper nouns

FE E1.13 Use lower-case letters when there is no reason to use capital letters

FE E2.13 Use basic punctuation correctly (e.g. full stops, question, exclamation marks)

ESOL

ESOL Rs/E1.1b Use full stops and capitalisation to aid understanding

ESOL Rs/E2.1d Use punctuation and capitalisation to aid understanding

ESOL Rs/E3.2a Recognise function of CLs, full stops, commas, question- exclamation- and speech marks, bullet points /numbering

ESOL Ws/E1.2a Use basic punctuation to show where sentences begin and end

ESOL Ws/E2.4a Use a capital letter for proper nouns

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