Capitalization Rules and Examples

Mrs. Brown from homeschoolclick.com explains general capitalization rules, focusing on how to capitalize titles in writing. She outlines three main rules: always capitalize the first and last words of a title, do not capitalize articles, coordinating conjunctions, or short prepositions, and remember to capitalize nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, subordinating conjunctions, and long prepositions. The video includes practice exercises to reinforce these rules, and concludes with a call to action to like and subscribe.

What is the primary focus of the video tutorial?

• General punctuation rules

• General spelling rules

• General grammar rules

• General capitalization rules

According to Rule 1, which words in a title should always be capitalized?

• Only nouns

• Only verbs

• All words

• The first and last words

Which of the following is NOT capitalized according to Rule 2?

• The first word

• Articles

• The last word

• Nouns

What is an example of a short preposition that should not be capitalized?

• Beside

• Between

• Under

• At

Which of the following should be capitalized according to Rule 3?

• Adjectives

• Coordinating conjunctions

• Articles

• Short prepositions

What type of conjunction should be capitalized according to Rule 3?

• Conjunctive adverbs

• Correlative conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions

• Coordinating conjunctions

In the title 'Clifford the Big Red Dog', which word is an adjective?

• Clifford

• The

• Big

• Dog

How should the title 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' be correctly capitalized?

• Clifford the big red dog

• Clifford the Big Red Dog

• Clifford The Big Red Dog

• clifford the big red dog

In the title 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', which word is a helping verb?

• God

• Were

• Eyes

• Their

How should the title 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' be correctly capitalized?

• Their Eyes were Watching God

• their eyes were watching god

• Their Eyes Were Watching God

• Their eyes Were Watching God