Conventions of English

The video tutorial covers the conventions of English, focusing on correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. It provides rules for using periods, commas, and apostrophes, as well as guidelines for capitalizing pronouns, days, and proper nouns. The tutorial includes exercises to identify and correct errors in sentences, reinforcing the importance of these conventions in writing.

Which of the following is a correct use of a period?

• At the end of a declarative statement

• After a strong interjection

• To separate items in a list

• At the end of a question

How should you show ownership for a singular noun?

• Add an apostrophe after the noun

• Add an apostrophe before the noun

• Add 's after the noun

• Add s' after the noun

Which of the following words should be capitalized?

• monday

• atlantic ocean

• harry brown

• all of the above

Identify the error in the sentence: 'He stayed up all knight to finish his report.'

• The word 'report' should be capitalized

• The word 'his' should be 'he's'

• The word 'stayed' should be 'stay'

• The word 'knight' should be 'night'

What punctuation is missing in the sentence: 'My favorite foods are broccoli pizza and apples.'?

• A period at the end

• A comma after 'broccoli'

• A question mark at the end

• An apostrophe in 'favorite'

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• Let's have a picnic at Crumbling Park.

• Let's have a picnic at crumbling Park.

• Lets have a picnic at crumbling park.

• Lets have a picnic at Crumbling park.

What is the correct spelling of the word in the sentence: 'I recieved a perfect score on my test.'?

• received

• receved

• reciveed

• recieved