Mastering Capitalization Rules in English Writing

The video tutorial covers 10 essential rules for capitalization in English. It begins with the basic rule of capitalizing the first letter of a sentence and extends to names, cities, languages, nationalities, dates, special days, titles, and the pronoun 'I'. Each rule is explained with examples to ensure clarity and understanding.

What is the first rule of capitalization in English?

• Capitalize the first letter of a city.

• Capitalize the first letter of a sentence.

• Capitalize all letters in a sentence.

• Capitalize the names of animals.

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How should you write the name of a person in a sentence?

• In italics.

• With a capital letter at the beginning.

• In bold.

• With all lowercase letters.

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When mentioning a city you live in, how do you capitalize it?

• All letters.

• The first letter of each word.

• Only the last letter.

• No capitalization needed.

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Which of the following is capitalized correctly according to the rules?

• english, hindi, and french

• English, Hindi and french

• English, Hindi, and French

• english, Hindi, and French

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How should nationalities be written in sentences?

• With quotation marks.

• In lowercase.

• With a capital letter at the beginning.

• In uppercase.

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How are months capitalized in English?

• The first and last letter.

• The first letter of each month.

• All letters in uppercase.

• No capitalization.

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How do you capitalize special days and festivals?

• No capitalization.

• All letters in uppercase.

• Only the first letter of the first word.

• The first letter of each word.

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When writing a title before a name, how should it be capitalized?

• The first letter of the title.

• All letters of the title.

• No capitalization for the title.

• Only the last letter of the title.

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How are movie and book titles written?

• In lowercase.

• With a capital letter for each main word.

• In uppercase.

• With quotation marks only.

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

• Only at the beginning of a sentence.

• Always in uppercase.

• No specific rule.

• Always in lowercase.

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