Capitalization & Punctuation

Choose the sentence that has correct capitalization and end punctuation.

• How many different kinds of bridges are there.

• the first bridge was probably a fallen log across a stream.

• A suspension bridge hangs from steel cables supported by two towers?

• One famous suspension bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose the sentence in which proper nouns and proper adjectives are capitalized correctly

• During the Civil War, the North and South fought against each other.

• The battle of gettysburg marked the turning point of the war.

• General Robert E. lee headed the confederate forces.

• General Ulysses S. Grant later became President of the United states.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose the sentence in which commas are used correctly.

• You rearranged the chairs, sofa, and tables, in this room.

• Should we paint the room green or, do you like blue better?

• Will John, Karen, and Kim help us paint?

• I've got enough brushes, but, we'll need more paint.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Choose the date, address, or letter part that is capitalized and punctuated correctly.

• May, 1955

• Cincinatti Oh 45215

• Dear Jeff,

• Your Friend,

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose the sentence that is capitalized and punctuated correctly.

• "Do you know how to play tennis? asked Steve.

• "I certainly do," replied Anna. "It's my favorite sport."

• "If there's a free court", said Steve, "would you like to play"?

• "Just let me know what time, said Anna, and I'll be there."

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Choose the sentence in which the title is capitalized and punctuated correctly. 

• My favorite poem is "Abraham Lincoln" by Stephen Vincent Benet.

• One of O. Henry's best stories is "The Ransom Of Red Chief."

• Did you ever see the play "the miracle worker"?

• Mr. Harris assigned the third chapter, Adverbs.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose the interjection that is punctuated correctly.

• Hey what are you doing?

• Wow! That's the biggest pizza I ever saw!

• Oops. I dropped it on the floor.

• Ugh, What a mess!

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CCSS.L.5.1A

Choose the sentence in which the colon or the semicolon has been used correctly.

• Mexico is the northernmost country of Latin America: It lies just south of the United States.

• Mexico City is the country's capital: it is also the largest city.

• The following states were once part of Mexico: California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico.

• The Aztecs and Toltecs built great civilizations in early Mexico; and many ruins still survive.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Choose the correct abbreviation for the following word: mountain

• MT

• mt

• Mnt.

• Mt.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Choose the sentence in which the word in quotations is punctuated correctly.

• "Iv'e" finished cleaning my half of the room.

• "Are'nt" those your clothes on the floor?

• Those are my "sister's" dirty clothes.

• "Sh'es" going to clean her half of the room now.

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CCSS.L.2.2C