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Capitalization and Punctuation

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9th Grade

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Capitalization and Punctuation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
That same night, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip back to norfolk."

2
4
3
1

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What capitalization rule tells us that President should be capitalized in the sentence below?
This November, President Obama will leave the White House, and the American people will elect a new president - I wonder who it will be.

Proper Nouns
Proper Adjective
Title before a name
The pronoun I

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

YMCA, Mrs., Dr., BTW, CMS, and U.S.A need to be capitalized because ...

They are proper nouns.
They are abbreviations or initials.
They are proper adjectives.
They are the title before a name.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What makes an English teacher go mad?

misspellings
I
i
dead words

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

   My uncle is fascinated by american and european history, particularly the french and russian revolutions.

American, European, French, Russian, Revolutions
American, European, French, Russian
American, European, French
American, European

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

My mom's kenyan friend has lots of interesting stories about her african childhood in the mombasa suburbs near the indian ocean.

Kenyan, African
Kenyan, African, Mombasa
Kenyan, African, Mombasa, Indian
Kenyan, African, Mombasa, Indian Ocean

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which sentence is correct?

He yelled, "I found an abandoned treehouse!"

"He yelled, I found an abandoned treehouse."

He yelled "I found an abandoned treehouse!"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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