Grammar Review

Should you capitalize the first letter of a quotation?

• YES

• NO

When should nouns be capitalized?

• When they are proper nouns, referring to specific people, places, or things.

• When they refer to general people, places, or things.

• When they are used in the middle of a sentence.

• When they are used as adjectives.

Which is the correct rule for commas?

• Do use a comma to separate three or more items or elements in a series.

• Do not use a comma to separate three or more items or elements in a series.

• Do use a comma to separate two or more items or elements in a series.

• Do not use a comma to separate two or more items or elements in a series.

What is the rule for capitalizing the first word of a sentence?

• Capitalize the first word if it is longer than three letters.

• Only capitalize the first word if it is a proper noun.

• Always use a capital letter.

• Do not capitalize the first word if it is a conjunction.

What are the different parts of speech?

• Subject, object, predicate, article, conjunction, modifier, determiner, and infinitive

• Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

• Subject, object, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

Give an example of using a comma to separate items in a series.

• I bought apples, oranges and bananas

• I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

• I, bought apples oranges and bananas

• I bought, apples oranges and bananas.

Provide an example of a proper noun that should be capitalized.

• paris

• london

• New York City

• New jersey

What is an adjective?

• Words that take the place of nouns.

• Words that express an action or state of being.

• Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

• Describing words; words that modify nouns or pronouns.

Identify the pronoun in the sentence - 'The boy did not recognize it.'

• boy

• did

• recognize

• it

Find the verb in the sentence - 'The dog jumped over the scary ditch.'

• dog

• jumped

• over

• ditch