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.

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CCSS.L.K.2A

CCSS.L.K.2B

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.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.K.2A

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

Which of the following should be capitalized?

• monday
• spring
• summer
• my uncle

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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.

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CCSS.L.K.2B

Which types of things should be capitalized?

• historical documents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

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

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CCSS.L.K.2A

CCSS.L.K.2B

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.K.1F

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.K.2B

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.K.2A