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WorksheetsCapitalization and Punctuation Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following book titles uses correct capitalization?
The Fault In Our Stars
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
A Wrinkle in Time
Eleanor And Park
Which of the following sentences uses correct capitalization and punctuation?
My favorite chapter in Milk and Honey is "The Loving."
My favorite book of all time is American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
I read "Vogue" to keep up with the latest fashion trends.
Next week we will begin to read The House On Mango Street.
Which of the following titles does not require quotation marks?
Short stories
Magazines
Short poems
Song
Which of the following titles should not be underlined?
Chapters of a book
Novels
Films
Magazines
When citing individual episodes of television shows in your writing, you must..
underline the title
put the title in quotation marks
Short stories and poems should always be placed in quotation marks.
True
False
In some cases, you may have to use both quotation marks and underlining to properly punctuate titles.
True
False
Check capitalization!
Every Halloween confused little Thadeus dresses like an easter bunny, and every Christmas he cries to go trick-or-treating.
Correct
Incorrect: capitalize Easter
Incorrect: lowercase Thadeus
Incorrect: capitalize Easter and Bunny
Check capitalization!
Matilda became ill in English, and later she threw up while dissecting a toad in biology. Unfortunately, she'll miss the talent show where she intended to sing a medley of Beatles tunes in German and Latin.
Incorrect: capitalize biology
Incorrect: lowercase German and Latin
Incorrect: capitalize talent show
Correct
Check capitalization!
In May, mice munch on melons that grow north of the Museum of Natural History.
Incorrect: capitalize north
Incorrect: capitalize north and the
Incorrect: lowercase museum
Correct
Check capitalization!
The Houston Chronicle reported on Tuesday that seventy-five percent of students at Van Winkle High School spend ninety-eight percent of their time everyday dreaming in class.
Correct
Incorrect: lowercase Chronicle
Incorrect: lowercase High School
Incorrect: capitalize seventy-five percent & ninety-eight percent
Check punctuation!
"I've fallen in love with a circus clown!" Stacy Mae finally had the nerve to say to her shocked fiance.
Incorrect
Correct
Check punctuation!
Flintly who is the weirdest kid on the block collects navel lint.
Correct
Incorrect
"My friend Sam and i agree that our favorite novel so far has been the giver by lois lowry." Which parts of speech must be capitalized?
The subject pronoun (I) & the author's name
Only the subject pronoun (I)
The subject pronoun (I) and the novel's title
The subject pronoun (I), the novel title & the author's name
Which sentence uses correct capitalization?
Jimmy's Mom and Dad asked him to make sure he had studied before he went to the game.
Jimmy's mom and dad asked him to make sure he had studied before he went to the game.
Jimmy's Mom and Dad asked Him to make sure he had studied before he went to the game.
Jimmy's mom and dad asked him to make sure he had studied before he went to the Game.
Lucy's astronomy teacher taught her that the galaxy in which Earth is located is called the Milky way.
Which part of the sentence above has a capitalization error?
Milky way
Lucy's astronomy
teacher
the galaxy
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
I am going home, I intend to stay there.
I am going home-I intend to stay there
I am going home I intend to stay there
I am going home; I intend to stay there.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
The computer stopped working so I asked, if I could move to a different one.
The computer stopped working, so I asked if I could move to a different one.
The computer stopped working, so I asked, if I could move to a different one.
The computer stopped working so I asked if I could move to a different one.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
However, the average, world temperature, has continued, to rise significantly.
However, the average world temperature has continued to rise significantly.
However the average world temperature has continued to rise significantly.
However the average, world, temperature has continued to rise, significantly.
Choose which sentences has correct capitalization.
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.
Which sentence has correct capitalization and punctuation?
I like the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
I like the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
Which sentence has correct capitalization and punctuation?
Who has read the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?
Who has read the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
