W2 REVIEWING CAPITALIZATION

W2 REVIEWING CAPITALIZATION

by Miguel Morales

​CAPITALIZATION RULES

1. The first word in a sentence, ex. ​We should go there.

2. The first word after a quotation, ex. Mika said, "Why you wanna go there?"

3. The pronoun I, ex. ​Susan and I went shopping yesterday.

4. ​Proper nouns, ex. Nikolas, the French student, used to live in Paris.

5. Titles of people, ex. ​Ben and Mrs. Bailey got married 8 years ago.

6. ​The first word after an exclamation mark, ex. Yikes! That car is spectacular!

7. ​Important words in a title, including the first word, ex. I love "Grey's Anatomy".

LET'S PRACTICE

Directions: Select the word that must be capitalized for each sentence. ​

Multiple Choice

my sister is interested in a radio career.

• my

• sister

• interested

• radio career

Multiple Choice

dad is my superheroe

• dad

• my

• superheroe

Multiple Choice

Sally said, "marcus hurry up!"

• said

• Marcus 

• hurry up

Multiple Choice

Sarah's favorite newspaper is "the new york times"

• newspaper

• favorite

• The New York Times

Multiple Choice

My uncle chris has traveled all over the United States.

• uncle

• traveled

• Chris

​Directions: Read and select if every provided word should be capitalized or not. 

Multiple Choice

backpack

• Yes, it should be capitalized

• No, it shouldn't be capitalized

Multiple Choice

American

• Yes, it should be capitalized

• No, it shouldn't be capitalized

Multiple Choice

Mexican

• Yes, it should be capitalized

• No, it shouldn't be capitalized

Multiple Choice

Ms. Contreras

• Yes, it should be capitalized

• No, it shouldn't be capitalized

Multiple Choice

laptop

• Yes, it should be capitalized

• No, it shouldn't be capitalized

Multiple Choice

snack

• Yes, it should be capitalized

• No, it shouldn't be capitalized