Capitalization and Punctuation for 4th Grade

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What is Capitalization?

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Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase.

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What are proper nouns?

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Proper nouns are names of people, cities, holidays, organizations, and places.

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Give an example of a proper noun.

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Bob and Mary live in the Pacific Northwest and celebrate Christmas there.

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When should you capitalize the pronoun 'I'?

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Always capitalize the pronoun 'I'.

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What days and months should be capitalized?

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Days of the week and months of the year, like Monday, Tuesday, May, and December.

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What is the rule for capitalizing titles?

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Capitalize the first word and all major words in titles, but do not capitalize short prepositions, conjunctions, or articles unless they are the first word.

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What is punctuation?

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Punctuation is the system of symbols that we use to separate written sentences and parts of sentences, and to make their meaning clear.

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What is a full stop or period?

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A full stop is used at the end of a sentence.

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What is a comma used for?

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A comma is used to separate parts of a sentence and items in a list.

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What does an exclamation mark indicate?

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An exclamation mark shows shock, surprise, horror, or pleasure.