Capitalization Lesson 4

Capitalization

Lesson 4: Proper Nouns and Adjectives

Multiple Select

Which words below are common nouns?

• boy

• Bob

• city

• Tampa

• summer

Multiple Select

Which words below are proper nouns?

• cat

• Mr. Fluffy

• website

• Clever

• March

Multiple Choice

A part of speech that describes a person place or thing is called

• verb

• noun

• adjective

Multiple Select

Choose the adjective(s) from the sentence: One advantage of robots is that they never become tired.

• One

• advantage

• robots

• never

• tired

Multiple Select

Choose the adjective(s) from the sentence: In Venice, Italy, two human-sized robots dressed in medieval clothing strike the clock tower bell every hour.

• Italy

• human-sized

• robots

• medieval

• clothing

Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns. They usually identify people, places, languages, or groups, and they are ALWAYS capitalized.

• Ex. On my vacation in Italy, I ate only Italian food.

Multiple Choice

Proper adjectives are usually formed using the SUFFIXES...

(Think about people that are from America, China, or Sweden.)

• full, less and tion

• cule, ulent, ous

• ar, er and arian

• an, ish and ese