Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features
Key Notes :
📚 Capitalising Names of Places & Geographic Features 🌎🏞️
| What are Proper Nouns? ✨ |
Proper nouns are the special names of people, places, or things.
Proper nouns always start with a capital letter. 🅰️
Examples:
- River → Nile River 🌊
- City → Paris 🗼
- Mountain → Mount Everest 🏔️
| Names of Places 🏠🌆 |
Always capitalize the names of cities, countries, towns, streets, and villages.
Examples:
- New York 🗽
- India 🇮🇳
- Maple Street 🛣️
- London 🇬🇧
Tip: If you are talking about a general place, no capital letter is needed.
- Example: I live in a city. ✅ (city = common noun)
- Example: I live in London. ✅ (London = proper noun)
| Names of Geographic Features 🏞️🌋 |
Always capitalize the names of mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes, and deserts.
Examples:
- Mount Everest 🏔️
- Amazon River 🌊
- Pacific Ocean 🌊
- Sahara Desert 🏜️
Tip: Words like river, mountain, lake are capitalized only when part of the name.
- Example: The Nile River flows through Egypt. ✅
- Example: The river is very long. ✅ (river = common noun, no capital)
| Quick Rules to Remember ✅ |
- Capitalize names of countries, cities, and towns 🌎🏙️
- Capitalize names of streets, roads, and villages 🛣️🏡
- Capitalize mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes, deserts 🏔️🌊🏜️
- Words like city, river, mountain are not capitalized unless part of a proper name 📝
| Examples for Practice 💡 |
- We went to Mount Fuji 🗻 last summer.
- The Amazon River 🌊 is very long.
- Paris 🗼 is the capital of France 🇫🇷.
- We walked along Maple Street 🛣️ yesterday.
Let’s practice!🖊️
