Mastering Capitalization Rules

The video tutorial covers capitalization rules, focusing on proper and common nouns, titles and headings, and the importance of capitalizing the first word in a sentence and the pronoun 'I'. It provides examples and practice exercises to reinforce these concepts.

Which type of noun refers to specific entities and is always capitalized?

• Common noun

• Abstract noun

• Proper noun

• Collective noun

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Which example is a common noun?

• Amazon

• city

• Mississippi River

• Toyota

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Which of the following is a proper noun?

• Statue of Liberty

• fruit

• building

• river

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What is NOT capitalized in a title?

• Nouns

• First word

• Conjunctions

• Main words

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In the title 'The Old Man and the Sea', which word is not capitalized?

• Old

• and

• The (first)

• Sea

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How are general titles like 'principal' treated in terms of capitalization?

• Capitalized only in formal texts

• Capitalized when part of a name

• Not capitalized

• Always capitalized

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What is the rule for capitalizing words in a heading?

• Capitalize all words

• Capitalize main words, not small words

• Capitalize only nouns and verbs

• Capitalize the first and last word only

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What should you always capitalize in any form of writing?

• Prepositions

• The pronoun 'I'

• Every noun

• The word 'and'

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Which sentence correctly uses capitalization?

• he is my brother.

• She said, 'welcome to the club.'

• i am happy to be here.

• We are going to the movies.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

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In formal writing, how should the pronoun 'I' be written?

• Either 'i' or 'I'

• I

• i

• Depends on the sentence structure

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