| H. Apostrophe (`)
Look at these examples.
Today we're going /or a drive in the country. Everyone is looking at Nick's car. We use an apostrophe O in short forms, when there is a missing letter, e.g. we're (= we are). We also use an apostrophe with s to form the possessive of a noun, e.g. Nick's car.
I Capital letters
There are two capital letters (big letters) in this sentence.
The boss said I could leave early.
We use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and for the word I.
We also use a capital letter to begin the names of people, places, companies, etc.
Mark and Sarah New Orleans the High Street Somerset Maughm General Motors
This includes the names of books, films, magazines, etc. All the important words start with a capital letter.
The Spy Who Loved Me Four Weddings and a Funeral Newsweek
We also use a capital letter for days of the week, months of the year, holidays and festivals, historical times, nationalities and most abbreviations.
Monday August Easter the New Year the Industrial Revolution some Italian wine the UN (= the United Nations)
Appendix 4: Irregular verbs
VERB
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PAST
TENSE
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PAST/PASSIVE
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