Capitalization & Punctuation

Which of the follow quotes is correctly written?

• "What's the big deal," Harry asked.
• "How much for that goat?" questioned Shane.
• Ethan asked, what time are we leaving.
• "Where did Charlotte go," Leigh wondered.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which colored word is NOT correctly capitalized?

• He was from China.
• She was studying the Declaration of Independence.
• The state capital is Austin.
• My Research Paper is on dogs.

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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 is an example of something that SHOULD be capitalized?

• common nouns
• the word "you"
• titles of books
• the last word in a sentence

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following should be capitalized?

• monday
• spring
• summer
• my uncle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What is wrong with the following quote?
"Are you going to school," asked Sawyer.

• It should be an exclamation mark instead of a comma.
• The quotes should be around the whole sentence.
• It should be a question mark at the end of the sentence.
• It should be a question mark before the end quote.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which types of things should be capitalized?

• historical documents
• historical events
• proper nouns
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

In the following sentence, what should be changed?
My dad is very interested in the Civil war.  In fact, we've even visited some battlefields!

• change battlefields to Battlefields
• change we've to we're
• change the exclamation mark to a question mark
• change war to War

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

In the following sentence, what should be changed?
I love going to concerts, and watching college sports.

• change college to College
• change sports to sport's
• remove the comma before the word 'and'
• end the sentence with a question mark

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

In the following sentence, what should be changed?
I have a dog named Charlotte and she loves going for walks.

• add a comma before the word 'and'
• change dog to Dog
• change walks to walking
• change have to got

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which colored word should be capitalized?

• My dog is named Charlotte.
• I love to eat chinese food.
• Teaching math is my favorite!
• I love reading books.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A