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Capitalization of Titles & Proper Nouns

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

Choose the best revisions for the highlighted portion.

My favorite harry potter book is harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.

Harry Potter; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter; "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban"

Harry Potter; Harry potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban

Harry Potter; Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban

Choose the best revisions for the highlighted portion.

My best friend, kiera, thinks that inception is the best movie ever made.

friend; Kiera; Inception

Friend; Kiera; "Inception"

friend; kiera; inception

Friend; Kiera; "inception"

Choose the best revisions for the highlighted portion.

Did you finish watching the poem complainers by rudy francisco?

"Complainers"; Rudy Francisco

Complainers; "Rudy Francisco"

"complainers"; Rudy Francisco

complainers; Rudy Francisco

Rule 2. Which word(s) should not be capitalized in the title of the book? "The Cat And The Hat."

Hat

The (beginning of title)

Cat

And The

Which words should be capitalized in the sentence? (More than one.) The teacher said, "my favorite book is 'the giving tree'."

Favorite

The

Giving

Tree

Do you capitalize names of authors and book titles?

Capitalize the first, last and any important words in a title

As you have probably noticed "short" words, those with less than five letters, are generally lowercase in titles, unless they are the first or last words in a title.

Author’s names are always capitalized.

All answer choices are correct.

Do you capitalize the names of planets?

Yes, but only Earth because we live here.

No, never capitalize planets.

Yes, because they are proper nouns.

Yes, but only if they are part of a book title.

Do you capitalize any of these museum names?

The Acropolis Museum

The British Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yes...all museum names are capitalized.

Choose the sentence with correct capitalization.

The singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his song "imagine."

The singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his song "Imagine."

the singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his song "imagine."

The singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his Song "Imagine."

10.

i want to go to the grand canyon in december.

i want to go to the Grand canyon in december.

I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.

I want to go to the grand canyon in december.

i want to go to the grand canyon in December.

11.

Identify the correct capitalization

the french national Holiday is july 14, bastille day.

The French national holiday is July 14, Bastille Day.

The French national holiday is July 14, Bastille day.

12.

Identify the correct capitalization

The Colorado river empties into the gulf of California

The Colorado River empties into the Gulf of California

13.

Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

"The Diary of Anne Frank"

"The Diary of Anne Frank"

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

14.

Which of the following is not correctly punctuated?

The USS Arizona (ship)

The Story of an Hour (short story)

Star Tribune (news paper)

Friends (television series)

15.

The Long and Winding Road (song)

Quotation Marks

Underline/Italics

16.

Cold Sassy Tree (novel)

Underline/Italics

Quotation Marks

17.

The Road Not Taken (poem)

Underline/Italics)

Quotation Marks

18.

How Georgia's 2020 Recruiting Class Is Shaping up So Far (article)

Quotation Marks

Underline/Italics

19.

The Red and Black (newspaper/website)

Underline/Italics

Quotation Marks

20.

Hamlet (play)

Quotation Marks

Underline/Italics

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Capitalization of Titles & Proper Nouns

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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