Capitalization Rules

Capitalization Rules

Capitalization

• Titles before a name - Uncle Moses, Grandma Sumney

• Titles of respect - Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Anderson, Dr. Norton

• Proper nouns - Solána Rowe, El Salvador, Columbia Road

• Days of the week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

• Months of the year - February, May, October

• Names of holidays - Yom Kippur, Ramadan, Diwali

• Titles of books, movies, songs - The Wild Robot, Moana

Practice

Read each sentence. Choose the word or group of words that should be capitalized.

Multiple Choice

Tamiko's parents were born in japan.

• Parents

• Born

• Japan

Multiple Choice

Cody's birthday is on february 10th.

• Birthday

• Is

• February

Multiple Choice

Jackie's friends sang "happy birthday" when she blew out the candles.

• Friends

• Happy Birthday

• The Candles

Multiple Choice

how was the concert last night?

• How

• Concert

• Last

• Night?

Multiple Choice

Every October, I try to decide how to dress up for halloween.

• Dress

• Decide

• Halloween

• How

Multiple Choice

Marla's grandma lois was born in 1918.

• Grandma Lois

• Was Born

• In

Multiple Choice

Cody spent time on the farm with his grandpa Archie.

• spent

• time

• farm

• Grandpa

Multiple Choice

Every saturday, I like to sleep in before I watch cartoons.

• Saturday

• Sleep

• Before

• Cartoons

Multiple Choice

I love to spend time with the teacher, ms. Monfrini.

• Love

• Teacher

• Ms.

• With