Capitalization

How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
That same night, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip back to norfolk."

• 2
• 4
• 3
• 1

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What capitalization rule does the word Chinese belong in?
I think it was February 21 that some of the Chinese sailors agreed to sail to Lake Maracaibo.

• Proper Noun
• Proper Adjective
• Beginning of a direct quote
• Abbreviations or initialism

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What capitalization rule tells us that President should be capitalized in the sentence below?
This November, President Obama will leave the White House, and the American people will elect a new president - I wonder who it will be.

• Proper Nouns
• Proper Adjective
• Title before a name
• The pronoun I

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Identify the capitalization error in the following information:
Canfield Middle School 
1800 E. Dalton ave.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815

• E.
• Dalton
• ave.
• at

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

A capital letter is generally _________ times the size of a lower case letter.

• 4
• 2
• 10
• 3

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

True or False: It is necessary to capitalize titles of books, magazines, poems, songs, etc.

• False; it is never necessary.
• True; it is sometimes necessary.
• False; it is sometimes necessary.
• True; it is always necessary

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

YMCA, Mrs., Dr., BTW, CMS, and U.S.A need to be capitalized because ...

• They are proper nouns.
• They are abbreviations or initials.
• They are proper adjectives.
• They are the title before a name.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

The following is an example of what capitalization rule?
George Lopez said, "Hey, you have to love capitalization, right?"

• First word in a direct quotation.
• Proper noun
• Pronoun I
• Proper adjective

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What makes an English teacher go mad?

• misspellings
• I
• i
• dead words

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

There are many reasons to capitalize words; however, we can categorize them into ________ primary capitalization rules.

• 5
• 12
• 7
• 3

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A