Capitalisation Essentials: Proper vs. Common Nouns

The video is a game show format where contestants answer questions about capitalization rules. The host asks when to use capital letters, covering topics like sentences, proper nouns, pronouns, book titles, days, months, holidays, nationalities, and religions. The Mobian Friends team wins by correctly identifying the capitalization of people's titles. The video concludes with a reminder that there are more capitalization rules available in grammar books.

When should the first letter of a sentence be capitalized?

• Only in formal writing

• Never

• At the beginning of every sentence

• When it contains a proper noun

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What is a proper noun?

• A general name for things

• A specific and unique identifier for a person, place, or object

• A type of verb

• Any noun that starts a sentence

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Which pronoun is always capitalized?

• He

• I

• They

• She

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

• Capitalize only at the beginning of sentences

• Always capitalize

• Never capitalize

• Capitalize only in titles

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How are key words in the titles of books and movies capitalized?

• All letters are capitalized

• Only the first and last word

• Every word except articles and prepositions

• Randomly

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Which of the following is not typically capitalized in a title?

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Nouns

• Articles

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Which of the following should always be capitalized?

• every adjective

• common nouns

• conjunctions

• Days of the week

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How should you capitalize the names of holidays?

• Capitalize only the first letter

• Capitalize only if they are religious

• Never capitalize

• Always capitalize

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What do the names of languages, nationalities, and religions have in common regarding capitalization?

• They are capitalized only in formal texts

• They are always capitalized

• Only the first letter of each word is capitalized

• They are never capitalized

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Which titles are always written with a capital letter?

• People's titles

• Any descriptive title

• Titles in informal contexts

• Titles of artworks

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