Capitalization Quiz
Authored by CARRIE SHUGAR
English
KG - 12th Grade
27 Questions
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on English capitalization rules, specifically targeting the proper use of capital letters for titles, proper nouns, personal pronouns, geographical locations, holidays, and sentence beginnings. Based on the complexity and scope of concepts assessed, this material aligns with grades 3-6, where students are developing fundamental writing mechanics. The quiz evaluates students' understanding of multiple capitalization principles: capitalizing the first person pronoun "I," proper nouns including names of people and places, titles when used with names, specific geographical locations like the Grand Canyon, holidays and months, abbreviations and acronyms, book and magazine titles, and the first word of every sentence. Students need to recognize the distinction between common and proper nouns, understand when titles require capitalization, and apply consistent rules across various contexts including direct quotations and addresses. Created by Carrie Shugar, an English teacher who teaches grades K-12. This comprehensive capitalization quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to gauge student mastery of essential writing mechanics before moving to more advanced composition skills. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a diagnostic pre-assessment at the beginning of a grammar unit, use individual questions as daily warm-ups to reinforce specific rules, or assign it as independent practice following direct instruction on capitalization conventions. The varied question formats make it ideal for review sessions before standardized assessments or as homework to reinforce classroom learning. This assessment effectively supports Common Core standards L.3.2a (capitalizing appropriate words in titles), L.4.2a (using correct capitalization), and L.5.2a (using punctuation to separate items in a series), while providing immediate feedback that helps students internalize these fundamental writing conventions that will serve them throughout their academic careers.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
Which is Capitalized correctly?
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
Bob and i went to the store to get some orange juice.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
Phil is staying at uncle Raymond's house for the holidays.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
My sister and i drove to the beach last week for fun.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
Which is correct?
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
i want to go to the grand canyon in december.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
mrs. morris likes to go to starbucks on mondays.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2A
CCSS.L.2.2A
CCSS.L.3.2A
CCSS.L.4.2A
CCSS.L.K.2A
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