Mastering Capitalization Rules with Mints

The video tutorial covers the importance of capitalization in writing, using the MINTS acronym to remember key rules. It provides examples and practice questions to reinforce learning, focusing on capitalizing months, days, holidays, the pronoun 'I', specific names, titles, and sentence beginnings. The tutorial concludes with activities for further practice.

Why is capitalization important in writing?

• It is a rule that must be followed without reason.

• It makes the text longer.

• It helps the reader understand where sentences start and end.

• It makes the text look fancy.

What does the 'M' in the acronym MINTS stand for?

• Months, Days, and Holidays

• Movies and Titles

• Movies, Days, and Holidays

• Months and Titles

Which of the following sentences is correctly capitalized?

• my birthday falls on a sunday.

• My birthday falls on a sunday.

• my Birthday falls on a Sunday.

• My birthday falls on a Sunday.

Which sentence correctly capitalizes the holiday?

• the fourth of july is my favorite holiday.

• The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday.

• The fourth of July is my favorite holiday.

• the Fourth of July is my favorite holiday.

When should the pronoun 'I' be capitalized?

• Only when it is the last word in a sentence

• Only when it is the first word in a title

• Always, regardless of its position in the sentence

• Only at the beginning of a sentence

Which of the following names should be capitalized?

• fred

• jenna

• george

• All of the above

Which of the following is a correctly capitalized title?

• hunger games

• Hunger games

• Hunger Games

• hunger Games

Which sentence is correctly capitalized?

• Yesterday we went to the park.

• Yesterday We went to the park.

• yesterday We went to the park.

• yesterday we went to the park.

What should be capitalized in the sentence: 'my coffee was cold so i asked the waiter to bring me a fresh cup'?

• waiter and cup

• my and coffee

• my and i

• coffee and waiter

Which of the following is NOT a rule for capitalization?

• Capitalize names of specific people and places.

• Capitalize the pronoun 'I'.

• Capitalize every word in a sentence.

• Capitalize the first word of a sentence.