Capitalizing Family Titles

Family titles, like mom or dad, are lower case when used as common nouns.

They usually have articles (the, a, an) or possessive determiners (my, your, our, etc.) in front of them.

Select the sentence that has the family titles capitalized correctly.

Family titles, like mom or dad, are lower case when used as common nouns.

They usually have articles (the, a, an) or possessive determiners (my, your, our, etc.) in front of them.

Select the sentence that has the family titles capitalized correctly.

Family titles, like mom or dad, are lower case when used as common nouns.

They usually have articles (the, a, an) or possessive determiners (my, your, our, etc.) or even possessive proper nouns (Bob's) in front of them.

Select the sentence that has the family title capitalized correctly.

Family titles, like cousin or grandpa, are capitalized when used as proper nouns (as part of or in place of a given name).

To tell if the family title is being used as a proper noun, replace the title with any name. If it sounds right, it most likely is a proper noun and needs to be capitalized.

Select the sentence that has the family title capitalized correctly.

Family titles, like cousin, uncle, or grandpa, are capitalized when used as proper nouns (as part of or in place of a given name).

To tell if the family title is being used as a proper noun, replace the title with any name. If it sounds right, it most likely is a proper noun and needs to be capitalized.

Select the sentence that has the family title capitalized correctly.