Exploring Capitalization Rules in English

The video tutorial focuses on capitalization rules in writing. It reviews three main rules: always capitalize the first word of a sentence, capitalize proper nouns, and capitalize the personal pronoun 'I'. The lesson includes practice exercises to reinforce these rules and emphasizes the importance of using grammar and spell check tools to avoid mistakes. The tutorial concludes with a brief mention of upcoming lessons on punctuation.

What are the three main topics covered this week?

• Capitalization, punctuation, and subordinating conjunctions

• Capitalization, spelling, and punctuation

• Capitalization, punctuation, and writing complete sentences

• Capitalization, grammar, and punctuation

What should you do if the first word of a sentence is a number?

• Ignore it

• Spell it out and capitalize it

• Write it in lowercase

• Leave it as a numeral

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• building

• Javier Baez

• athlete

• city

Why do we capitalize 'I' in sentences?

• Because it is a common noun

• Because it is at the beginning of a sentence

• Because it is always capitalized

• Because it is a proper noun

Which of the following sentences is correctly capitalized?

• a trip to california sounds good to me.

• A trip to California sounds good to me.

• A trip to california sounds good to me.

• a trip to California sounds good to me.

In the sentence 'You and I could drive there together', which words need to be capitalized?

• You and i

• you and i

• you and I

• You and I

How should the sentence 'three years from now i'll graduate and move somewhere warmer' be corrected?

• Three years from now I'll graduate and move somewhere warmer.

• three years from now I'll graduate and move somewhere warmer.

• Three years from now i'll graduate and move somewhere warmer.

• three years from now i'll graduate and move somewhere warmer.

In the sentence 'I've already talked to Serena about living with her in San Diego', which words need to be capitalized?

• i've, serena, san diego

• I've, Serena, San Diego

• i've, Serena, san diego

• I've, serena, San Diego

Which of the following is an example of a proper noun?

• building

• book

• Eiffel Tower

• movie

In the sentence 'We can go to San Diego Zoo Safari Park every weekend', which words need to be capitalized?

• we, san diego, zoo, safari, park

• We, San Diego, Zoo, Safari, Park

• we, San Diego, zoo, safari, park

• We, san diego, zoo, safari, park