{"id":943,"date":"2022-04-19T05:23:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T05:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3rdclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=943"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:48:33","slug":"e-ww-3-capitalising-the-names-of-places-and-geographic-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/3rdclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-ww-3-capitalising-the-names-of-places-and-geographic-features\/","title":{"rendered":"E- WW.3 Capitalising the names of places and geographic features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\">Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-09eb8d27d0d70f35bd20b1cf47293f11\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>\ud83d\udcda Capitalising Names of Places &amp; Geographic Features \ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udfde\ufe0f<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>What are Proper Nouns? \u2728<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proper nouns<\/strong> are the <strong>special names<\/strong> of people, places, or things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proper nouns <strong>always start with a capital letter<\/strong>. \ud83c\udd70\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>River \u2192 <strong>Nile River<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City \u2192 <strong>Paris<\/strong> \ud83d\uddfc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mountain \u2192 <strong>Mount Everest<\/strong> \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Names of Places \ud83c\udfe0\ud83c\udf06<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Always capitalize the names of <strong>cities, countries, towns, streets, and villages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New York<\/strong> \ud83d\uddfd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India<\/strong> \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maple Street<\/strong> \ud83d\udee3\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>London<\/strong> \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you are talking about a <strong>general place<\/strong>, no capital letter is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Example<\/strong>: <em>I live in a city.<\/em> \u2705 (city = common noun)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Example<\/strong>: <em>I live in <strong>London<\/strong>.<\/em> \u2705 (London = proper noun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Names of Geographic Features \ud83c\udfde\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0b<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Always capitalize the names of <strong>mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes, and deserts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mount Everest<\/strong> \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amazon River<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pacific Ocean<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sahara Desert<\/strong> \ud83c\udfdc\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Words like <em>river, mountain, lake<\/em> are <strong>capitalized only when part of the name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Example<\/strong>: <em>The Nile River flows through Egypt.<\/em> \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Example<\/strong>: <em>The river is very long.<\/em> \u2705 (river = common noun, no capital)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Quick Rules to Remember \u2705<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capitalize <strong>names of countries, cities, and towns<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capitalize <strong>names of streets, roads, and villages<\/strong> \ud83d\udee3\ufe0f\ud83c\udfe1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capitalize <strong>mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes, deserts<\/strong> \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udfdc\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Words like <em>city, river, mountain<\/em> are <strong>not capitalized<\/strong> unless part of a proper name \ud83d\udcdd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Examples for Practice \ud83d\udca1<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We went to <strong>Mount Fuji<\/strong> \ud83d\uddfb last summer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Amazon River<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0a is very long.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paris<\/strong> \ud83d\uddfc is the capital of <strong>France<\/strong> \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We walked along <strong>Maple Street<\/strong> \ud83d\udee3\ufe0f yesterday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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