Capitalization and Sentence Structure

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun is a general name for a person, place, or thing, such as 'park', 'city', or 'dog'.

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or thing, such as 'Hillside Elementary School' or 'Chicago'.

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What do proper nouns do?

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Proper nouns name specific people, places, and things.

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Identify the proper noun in this sentence: 'The dog ran to the park.'

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The proper noun is not present; 'dog' and 'park' are common nouns.

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What is the complete proper noun in this sentence? 'Hillside Elementary School is a great school!'

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Hillside Elementary School.

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List the proper nouns in this sentence: 'On Friday, all of the kids from Hillside Elementary School will visit Chicago.'

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Friday, Hillside Elementary School, Chicago.

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What is capitalization?

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Capitalization is the use of uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns.

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Which sentence is correctly capitalized? 'mr M Screamed 'Stop talking guys'. everybody Was silent.'

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Incorrect. The correct sentence is: 'Mr. M screamed, 'Stop talking guys!' Everybody was silent.'

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What punctuation mark is used to show excitement or strong emotion?

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An exclamation mark (!) is used to show excitement or strong emotion.

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What is the purpose of a period in a sentence?

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A period (.) is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence.