{"id":951,"date":"2022-04-21T10:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=951"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:02:00","slug":"e-pp-2-capitalising-titles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-pp-2-capitalising-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"E- PP.2 Capitalising titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Capitalising titles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

key notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does Capitalising a Title Mean?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Capitalising a title means writing the important words in a title with capital (uppercase) letters<\/strong> to show importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic Rules for Capitalising Titles<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Use Title Case<\/strong> for titles. This means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Capitalize the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of Word<\/th>Examples<\/th>\u2705 Capitalize?<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
First and last word<\/strong> of the title<\/td>The Lion King<\/em><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Nouns<\/strong> \ud83e\uddf8<\/td>dog, school, happiness<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Pronouns<\/strong> \ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83e\uddd2<\/td>I, he, she, they, we<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Verbs<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc3<\/td>run, is, play, have<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Adjectives<\/strong> \ud83c\udfa8<\/td>red, beautiful, smart<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Adverbs<\/strong> \ud83d\ude80<\/td>quickly, very, silently<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Subordinating Conjunctions<\/strong> \ud83d\udd17<\/td>Because, Although, Until<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u274c Do NOT Capitalize (Unless First or Last Word):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These words are usually written in lowercase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word Type<\/th>Examples<\/th>\u274c Don\u2019t Capitalize (Middle of Title)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Articles<\/strong><\/td>a, an, the<\/td>the Lion and the Mouse<\/td><\/tr>
Short Prepositions (\u2264 4 letters)<\/strong><\/td>in, on, at, for, up, from<\/td>A Game for All<\/td><\/tr>
Coordinating Conjunctions<\/strong><\/td>and, but, or, so, yet<\/td>War and Peace<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Examples of Correctly Capitalized Titles<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u274c Wrong Title<\/th>\u2705 Correct Title<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
the jungle book<\/td>The Jungle Book<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
a day in the park<\/td>A Day in the Park<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
harry potter and the goblet of fire<\/td>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
learning is fun at school<\/td>Learning Is Fun at School<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Quick Trick to Remember<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2728 Capitalize BIG words<\/strong>
\ud83d\udd3d Don\u2019t capitalize small, joining words<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BIG Words<\/strong> = Words that carry meaning
Small Words<\/strong> = Articles, short prepositions, small conjunctions<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Practice Time<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Which one is correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. the Story of an Hour
B. The Story of an Hour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capitalising titles key notes : What Does Capitalising a Title Mean? Capitalising a title means writing the important words in a title with capital (uppercase) letters to show importance. Basic Rules for Capitalising Titles Use Title Case for titles. This means: \u2705 Capitalize the following: Type of Word Examples \u2705 Capitalize? First and last wordContinue reading “E- PP.2 Capitalising titles”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-951","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22273,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/951\/revisions\/22273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}