Capitalization

​Grammar Focus: Capitalization

By Ashley Huff

Capitalization Rules

​Things we ALWAYS capitalize:

• First word in a sentence

• Proper Nouns

• Titles

• "I"

• Titles of people (Mr.- Mrs.- Ms.- Dr.-)

• Days, Months, and holidays

• Acronyms (NASA)

Multiple Choice

Which country is capitalized correctly?

• australia

• The United states of America

• New Zealand

• dominican republic

Multiple Select

I should always capitalize . . .

• The first word of a sentence

• A person's title

• none of the above

• A proper noun

Multiple Choice

What word needs to be capitalized in the following sentence?

Bob and i went to the store to get some orange juice.

• store

• juice

• orange

• I

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct capitalization of this title: harry potter and the order of the phoenix.

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

• Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix

• Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix

• Harry potter and the order of the phoenix

Multiple Select

Which words need to be capitalized in the sentence?

He and i love going to our favorite bookstore, which is called manuscript mart.

• bookstore

• Mart

• I

• Manuscript

Multiple Choice

Pick the sentence with the correct capitalization.

• My favorite holiday is halloween.

• My favorite holiday is Halloween.

• My favorite Holiday is Halloween.

• My Favorite Holiday is Halloween.

Multiple Choice

Pick the sentence with the correct capitalization.

• Fortnite is an online video game that was created by epic games and released in 2017.

• Fortnite is an online video game that was created by Epic Games and released in 2017.

• Fortnite is an online video game that was created by Epic games and released in 2017.

• fortnite is an online video game that was created by epic games and released in 2017.

Multiple Select

Which of the following words need to be capitalized in the sentence?

You can choose more than one. Take your time and look closely!

On the fourth of july, we watch fireworks explode over lake michigan in milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Fourth of July

• lake Michigan

• Milwaukee

• Fourth Of july

• Lake Michigan

Multiple Choice

What is capitalization?

• Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter as lower case and the remaining letters in upper case

• Capitalization is a pause between parts of a sentence.

• Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter as upper case and the remaining letters in lower case

Multiple Choice

Which sentences is capitalized correctly?

• Ms. Megan speaks French and German.

• ms. Megan Speaks french and German.

• Ms. megan speaks French and German.

• Ms. Megan speaks french and german.