USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS WITH NOUNS

Capital letters are used with:

Names and titles of people

• Winston Churchill
• Marilyn Monroe
• the Queen of England
• the President of the United States
• the Headmaster of Eton
• Doctor Mathews
• Professor Samuels.

Note: The personal pronoun 'I' is always written with a capital letter.

Titles of works, books etc.

• War and Peace
• The Merchant of Venice
• Crime and Punishment
• Tristan and Isolde

Months of the year

January	July
February	August
March	September
April	October
May	November
June	December

Days of the week

Monday	Friday
Tuesday	Saturday
Wednesday	Sunday
Thursday

Seasons

Seasons

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Holidays

Christmas	Easter	New Year's Day
Boxing Day	May Day	Thanksgiving Day

Geographical names...
Names of countries and continents

America	England	Scotland
China	Peru	Albania
Africa	Europe	Asia

Names of regions, states, districts etc.

Sussex	California	Queensland
Provence	Tuscany	Vaud
Florida	Costa Brava	Tyrol

Names of cities, towns, villages etc.

London	Cape Town	Rome
Florence	Bath	Wagga Wagga
Vancouver	Wellington	Peking

Names of rivers, oceans, seas, lakes etc.

the Atlantic	the Dead Sea	the Pacific
Lake Leman	Lake Victoria	Lake Michigan
the Rhine	the Thames	the Nile

Names of geographical formations

the Himalayas

the Alps

the Sahara

Adjectives relating to nationality nouns

France - French music

Australia - Australian animals

Germany - German literature

Arabia - Arabic writing

Indonesia - Indonesian poetry

China - Chinese food

Names of streets, buildings, parks etc.

Park Lane	Central Avenue	Pall Mall
George Street	Sydney Opera House	Central Park
Hyde Park	the Empire State Building	Wall Street