Letter 01 of 52
Capital A in Cursive
Write a clear uppercase A in cursive, with examples you can follow and a free printable practice sheet.
Practice sheets
Free printable capital A cursive worksheets for tracing, copying, and joining letters. A4 portrait · PDF.
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LETTER WORKSHEET · A
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A4
Practice uppercase A
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Connect uppercase A
Cursive flows through the spaces between letters. Practice A with common next letters to make the transition feel smoother and more natural.
Letter guide
How to write capital A in cursive
Stroke by stroke
- Start just below the top line, at about one o’clock. Pull a counterclockwise oval down to the baseline and back up to your starting point.
- Close the oval at the top. A gap here is the most common reason a capital A gets read as a U.
- Without lifting the pen, retrace down the right side of the oval to the baseline.
- Finish with a short upward curve that leaves the baseline, ready to join the next letter.
Common mistakes
- Open top. If the oval does not close, A looks like U. Bring the stroke all the way back to where it started before you retrace.
- Looped downstroke. Pulling away from the oval on the way down leaves a second loop, and the letter starts to read as Cl. Keep the downstroke tight against the oval.
- Stopping at the midline. Capital A should reach the top line. Stop at the midline and it becomes a lowercase a.
Easy to confuse with
Capital A shares its oval with capital O, capital C and lowercase a. Capital O ends at the top with no downstroke and usually does not join the next letter. Capital C starts the same way but never closes. Lowercase a has the same shape at half the height.
Joining to the next letter
Capital A is one of the capitals that joins the next letter, because its exit ends at the baseline just like a lowercase a. For An and Ar, the exit curves up to the midline. At needs a slightly taller exit because the stem of t rises above the midline. For Al, keep the exit climbing to the top line so the loop of l has room.
Practice words
- AnnaAnna
- AprilApril
- AliceAlice
- AndrewAndrew
- AtlantaAtlanta
- AmericaAmerica
Questions about capital A
Is cursive capital A just a big lowercase a?
In most school cursive styles, yes: capital A is an enlarged lowercase a that reaches the top line. Decorative styles such as Allura and Parisienne add a lead-in swash, but the closed oval and the downstroke stay the same.
Do you lift the pen after capital A?
No. Capital A ends at the baseline with an exit stroke, so you can continue straight into the next letter. Capitals such as O, P and V usually end with a pen lift instead.
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