Capitalizing Proper Nouns: Key Rules and Guidelines

The video tutorial covers the rules for capitalizing proper nouns, including names, titles, places, sports teams, buildings, streets, holidays, dates, brands, and animal names. It explains the difference between common and proper nouns and provides examples for each category. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of using capital letters for specific names and titles, while common nouns remain lowercase unless they start a sentence or are part of a title.

Which of the following is not capitalized as a common noun?

• School

• Dog

• George

• River

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Which option does not require capitalization?

• First word in sentences

• Specific places

• Names in titles

• common nouns

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Which of these is not a rule for capitalization?

• Capitalize the first letter of each sentence

• Capitalize brand names

• Capitalize all nouns

• Capitalize specific person names

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What is required for every word in your full name?

• Capital letter

• Special character

• Lowercase letter

• Number

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Which sports team name is correctly capitalized?

• chicago cubs

• Philadelphia Eagles

• new York Yankees

• boston Red Sox

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Which building name is capitalized correctly?

• empire state building

• City Hall

• big ben

• eiffel tower

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What is the correct capitalization for holidays?

• new Year's Day

• thanksgiving

• Memorial Day

• christmas

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Which month is capitalized correctly?

• september

• november

• june

• April

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Which option shows correct capitalization for a pet's name?

• cookie

• drobo

• Luna

• neville

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Which of these is a correctly capitalized species name?

• Siberian tiger

• pitbull

• Chihuahua

• giant panda

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