Mechanics Review

When do you capitalize letters? Check all that are correct.

• Anytime the letter "the" is written.

• The names of people, characters, and places.

• When writing a sentence.

• When writing a title.

The proper punctuation for a contraction is an​ (a)   ​

• apostrophe
• period
• capital letter
• lower case letter

Circle or underline the words that need to be capitalized in this paragraph.

Write the following contraction correctly....
I will have to study really hard so I will not fail my test.

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CCSS.L.8.2C

What is a contraction?

• When words are separated in writing

• A longer form of a word

• A type of punctuation

• When words are combined in writing

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

Match the phrases to the correct contraction!

• can not

• she'll

• they have

• won't

• it will

• can't

• will not

• they've

• she will

• it'll

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5B

Fill in the chart below...

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.4

Create one properly written sentence that uses ONE contraction and ONE capital letter. Don't forget punctuation!

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.W.8.4

Which is capitalized correctly?

• dr. Johnson

• Mayor tom

• Mrs. sooter

• Mrs. Kate Smith

• Dr. johnson

Which word in the sentence should be capitalized?

molly drank a large glass of water.

• water

• molly

• large

• drank