Capitalization Practice pt 2

1. Which of the following is correctly capitalized?

• a) new york city

• b) New York City

• c) new york City

Answer explanation

2. Which sentence uses correct capitalization?

• a) we went to the park on sunday.

• b) We went to the park on Sunday.

• c) we went to the Park on Sunday.

Answer explanation

We capitalize at the beginning of a sentence and days of the week.

Park is not a name.

3. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• a) My cat is named whiskers.

• b) my cat is named Whiskers.

• c) My cat is named Whiskers.

Answer explanation

Whiskers is a proper noun, which is a name of something. We always capitalize names of people, places or things.

4. Which of the following names is capitalized correctly?

• a) pacific ocean

• b) Atlantic Ocean

• c) indian ocean

5. Which sentence uses correct capitalization?

• a) i visited the grand canyon.

• b) I visited the Grand Canyon.

• c) i visited the Grand canyon.

Answer explanation

We capitalize "I" when it is by itself, and the Grand Canyon is a name of a place.

6. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• a) we will go trick-or-treating on halloween.

• b) We will go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

• c) we will go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Answer explanation

Halloween is a proper noun, which is the name of a holiday. We also capitalize the first letter in a sentence.

7. Which word should be capitalized?

• dog

• pet

• chair

• Poodles

Answer explanation

Poodles is the name of a dog, which is a proper noun. We capitalize proper nouns!

8. What is the correct way to capitalize "christmas"?

• a) Christmas

• b) christmas

• c) ChristMas

• d) cHrIsTmAs

10. Which word should be capitalized?

• john

• student

• dog

• school

Answer explanation

John is a name of a person, so we capitalize!

11. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• a) My sister loves her bike.

• b) My sister loves Her bike.

• c) My Sister loves her bike.

• d) my sister loves her bike.

Answer explanation

sister is not a PROPER noun, so we do not capitalize!