Punctuation and Capitalization

Capitalization Rules

1. All Spanish sentences begin with capital letters.
2. Names of people begin with capital letters.
3. Names of places (cities, regions, countries, continents) and holidays begin with capital letters.
4. Titles are not capitalized unless abbreviated. (Sr. Ud.)
5. Some words that are normally capitalized in English may not be capitalized in Spanish. (nationalities, religions, languages, months, and days.)

Punctuation

1.Tilde Ñ

2.Accento `

3. Question marks and exclamation marks need to be placed at the beginning and the end of the exclamation or question.

Practica

Escribe en un papel las oraciones en una forma correcta. (Rewrite the sentences correctly on paper.)

1. el 25 de diciembre es la navidad.
2. Nosotros vivimos en america.
3. La sra. mickols es mi profesora de espanol.
4. Somos Norteamericanos.

Corrections

El 25 de diciembre es la Navidad.

Nosotros vivimos en America.

La Sra. Mickols es mi profesora de espanol.

Somos norteamericanos.