Capitalization of Proper Nouns

What capitalization rule is not being followed in this sentence? 
Dad went to a convention in denver, colorado. 

• Proper Nouns: streets, towns, cities, states, countries 

• First word in every sentence

• Proper Nouns: important events in history 

• Important words in a title or book 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What capitalization rule is not being followed in this sentence? 
I am super excited that it is almost halloween. 

• Proper nouns: company names 

• Proper nouns: days of the week, months, and holidays 

• The word I 

• First word in quotations

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What capitalization rule is not being followed in this sentence? 
My grandfather fought in the cold war. 

• Proper nouns: names of people and pets 

• Proper nouns: important events in history

• Proper nouns: company names 

• First word in quotations

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What capitalization rule is not being followed in this sentence? 
My mom wants me to go to walmart with her but I am too tired. 

• Proper nouns: names of people and pets  

• First word in every sentence 

• Proper nouns: company names 

• The word I 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What capitalization rule is not being followed in this sentence? I really hope I get to go to six flags this summer.

• Proper nouns: specific buildings or places

• Proper nouns: cities, states, countries

• Important words in a title or book

• The first word in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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

What capitalization rule does the word Chinese belong in?
I think it was February 21 that some of the Chinese sailors agreed to sail to Lake Maracaibo.

• Proper Noun

• Proper Adjective

• Beginning of a direct quote

• Abbreviations or initialism

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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

Identify the capitalization error in the following information:
Canfield Middle School 
1800 E. Dalton ave.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815

• E.

• Dalton

• ave.

• at

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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