Capitalization Rules Practice

When should proper nouns be capitalized?

• Only on weekends

• Randomly throughout a sentence

• When feeling creative

• When referring to specific and unique entities such as names of people, places, organizations, and titles.

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Which words should be capitalized in titles and headings?

• Capitalize all conjunctions

• Capitalize the first and last words, along with all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinating conjunctions.

• Capitalize all prepositions

• Capitalize only the first word

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Is it correct to capitalize common nouns?

• Only on weekends

• Yes

• Sometimes

• No

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Should the first word in a title always be capitalized?

• Sometimes

• No

• Yes

• Only if it's a noun

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What is the capitalization rule for days of the week?

• Capitalize the first letter of the day

• Capitalize the vowels in the day

• Capitalize the last letter of the day

• Capitalize all letters of the day

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Give an example of a proper noun that should always be capitalized.

• paris city

• New York City

• summer season

• mount everest

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What is the capitalization rule for the pronoun 'I'?

• Use all lowercase for 'i'

• Capitalize 'i' only at the beginning of a sentence

• Always capitalize 'I'

• Always write 'i' in lowercase

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In a title, should conjunctions be capitalized?

• Yes

• Sometimes

• Only on weekends

• No

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When writing a heading, should all words be capitalized?

• Every other word

• Only the first word

• Yes

• No

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Explain the difference between capitalizing a title and capitalizing a heading.

• Capitalizing a title involves capitalizing the first letter of each minor word, while capitalizing a heading involves capitalizing all words in the heading.

• Capitalizing a title involves capitalizing the last letter of each major word, while capitalizing a heading involves capitalizing all words in the heading.

• Capitalizing a title involves capitalizing the first letter of each major word, while capitalizing a heading involves capitalizing all words in the heading.

• Capitalizing a title involves capitalizing all words in uppercase, while capitalizing a heading involves capitalizing only the first word.

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