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Capitalization,Spelling & Punctuation

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is capitalized correctly?

a)

dr. Johnson

b)

Mayor Tom

c)

Mrs. monte

d)

greg Sherman

2.
Bob and i went to the store to get some orange juice.
a)
Change i to I
b)
Change orange to Orange
c)
Change Bob to bob
d)
Change juice to Juice
3.
Which is correct?
a)
Fred is not british.
b)
That food has got to be Italian.
c)
Bill is from mexico.
d)
Most mexican food is spicy.
4.
mrs. morris likes to go to starbucks on mondays.
a)
Mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on Mondays.
b)
mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on mondays.
c)
mrs. morris likes to go to starbucks on Mondays.
d)
Mrs. morris likes to go to Starbucks on mondays.
5.
What title below uses correct capitalization?
a)
The Hunger Games
b)
Diary of a wimpy kid
c)
i Am Malala
d)
the Hot Zone
6.
Do you capitalize the first word in a sentence?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Sometimes
d)
Depends what kind of sentence
7.

What capitalization rule does the word Chinese belong in?

I think it was February 21 that some of the Chinese sailors agreed to sail to Lake Maracaibo.

a)

Proper Noun

b)

Proper Adjective

c)

Beginning of a direct quote

d)

Abbreviations or initialism

8.
When should a word be capitalized?
a)
Beginning of Sentence
b)
To show authority (i.e. Dr.)
c)
Proper Nouns
d)
All of the above 
9.
The president and dr. Mathews really liked acting with Michael.
a)
President
b)
Dr. 
c)
Acting
d)
With
10.
Which of these needs to be capitalized?
a)
texas
b)
lobster
c)
television
d)
starship
11.
Correct the error in capitalization: "I have miss Roy for Intensive Language Arts."
a)
No mistake
b)
miss
c)
I
d)
Language Arts
12.
Which country is capitalized correctly?
a)
The republic of Congo
b)
New Zealand
c)
The United states of America
d)
dominican republic
13.
My sister and i drove to the beach last week for fun. 
a)
capitalize i
b)
capitalize beach
c)
lowercase My
d)
capitalize week
14.

How do I abbreviate the following: Miss

a)

Ms.

b)

Mrs.

c)

Mis.

d)

Mrsi.

15.
When should a word be capitalized?
a)
Beginning of Sentence
b)
Important Words in a Title
c)
Proper Nouns
d)
All of these 
16.
I need to check my room for ________________.  My room must be neat and tidy.
a)
clenlyness
b)
cleanliness
c)
cleanlyniss
d)
cleanlines
17.
Did you measure the __________ of the table?
a)
tickness
b)
thickness
c)
thikness
d)
thickniss
18.
I play _________ in the Little Dribblers Association.
a)
basketboll
b)
basketbal
c)
basketball
d)
baskitboll
19.

Which of these words is NOT spelled correctly?

a)

untill

b)

tongue

c)

camouflage

d)

antique

20.
To slow down
a)
yield
b)
yeild
c)
yielde
d)
yeilde
21.

After the test the boy felt

a)

relief

b)

releif

c)

reliefe

d)

relives

22.
What is the point of an exclamation mark?
a)
it shows that you've asked a question forcefully
b)
to make it clear you've said something funny
c)
 to show that something is surprising or forceful
23.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
His mom's shoes are expensive. 
b)
His mom's shoe's are expensive.
c)
His moms shoe's is expensive.
d)
His moms shoes is expensive. 
24.

What type of punctuation does this sentence need? (There are 2 possible answers)

Math is my favorite subject ___

a)

!

b)

?

c)

.

d)

,

25.
What goes at the end of this sentence?
WOW!  Did you see that ___
a)
!
b)
.
c)
?
d)
,
26.
Which sentence below is punctuated correctly?
a)
The book on the table is mine; however, you can borrow it.
b)
The book on the table is mine - however - you can borrow it.
c)
The book on the table is mine however you can borrow it.
d)
The book on the table is mine, however you can borrow it.
27.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a)
I need to pick up these items from the store, milk, eggs, and bread.
b)
I need to pick up these items from the store milk, eggs, and bread.
c)
I need to pick up these items from the store: milk eggs and bread.
d)
I need to pick up these items from the store: milk, eggs, and bread.
28.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a)
"Jon," his father called out "we're in a hurry."
b)
"Jon," his father called out, "we're in a hurry."
c)
"Jon, his father called out, "we're in a hurry."
d)
"Jon," his father called out, "We're in a hurry."
29.

Is this correctly written? What is it missing if it's incorrect? Dont stand so close to me!

a)

Incorrect, another exclamation mark

b)

Incorrect, an apostrophe between n and t

c)

Incorrect, missing a comma

d)

Correct

30.
Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
a)
It is Mary's sons ball.
b)
It's Marys son's ball.
c)
Its Mary's son's ball
d)
It is Mary's son's ball.