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Capitalization and Punctuation Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following book titles uses correct capitalization?

a)

The Fault In Our Stars

b)

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

c)

A Wrinkle in Time

d)

Eleanor And Park

2.

Which of the following sentences uses correct capitalization and punctuation?

a)

My favorite chapter in Milk and Honey is "The Loving."

b)

My favorite book of all time is American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

c)

I read "Vogue" to keep up with the latest fashion trends.

d)

Next week we will begin to read The House On Mango Street.

3.

Which of the following titles does not require quotation marks?

a)

Short stories

b)

Magazines

c)

Short poems

d)

Song

4.

Which of the following titles should not be underlined?

a)

Chapters of a book

b)

Novels

c)

Films

d)

Magazines

5.

When citing individual episodes of television shows in your writing, you must..

a)

underline the title

b)

put the title in quotation marks

6.

Short stories and poems should always be placed in quotation marks.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In some cases, you may have to use both quotation marks and underlining to properly punctuate titles.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Check capitalization!

Every Halloween confused little Thadeus dresses like an easter bunny, and every Christmas he cries to go trick-or-treating.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect: capitalize Easter

c)

Incorrect: lowercase Thadeus

d)

Incorrect: capitalize Easter and Bunny

9.

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.

a)

Incorrect: capitalize biology

b)

Incorrect: lowercase German and Latin

c)

Incorrect: capitalize talent show

d)

Correct

10.

Check capitalization!

In May, mice munch on melons that grow north of the Museum of Natural History.

a)

Incorrect: capitalize north

b)

Incorrect: capitalize north and the

c)

Incorrect: lowercase museum

d)

Correct

11.

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.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect: lowercase Chronicle

c)

Incorrect: lowercase High School

d)

Incorrect: capitalize seventy-five percent & ninety-eight percent

12.

Check punctuation!

"I've fallen in love with a circus clown!" Stacy Mae finally had the nerve to say to her shocked fiance.

a)

Incorrect

b)

Correct

13.

Check punctuation!

Flintly who is the weirdest kid on the block collects navel lint.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

14.

"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?

a)

The subject pronoun (I) & the author's name

b)

Only the subject pronoun (I)

c)

The subject pronoun (I) and the novel's title

d)

The subject pronoun (I), the novel title & the author's name

15.

Which sentence uses correct capitalization?

a)

Jimmy's Mom and Dad asked him to make sure he had studied before he went to the game.

b)

Jimmy's mom and dad asked him to make sure he had studied before he went to the game.

c)

Jimmy's Mom and Dad asked Him to make sure he had studied before he went to the game.

d)

Jimmy's mom and dad asked him to make sure he had studied before he went to the Game.

16.

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?

a)

Milky way

b)

Lucy's astronomy

c)

teacher

d)

the galaxy

17.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

I am going home, I intend to stay there.

b)

I am going home-I intend to stay there

c)

I am going home I intend to stay there

d)

I am going home; I intend to stay there.

18.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

The computer stopped working so I asked, if I could move to a different one.

b)

The computer stopped working, so I asked if I could move to a different one.

c)

The computer stopped working, so I asked, if I could move to a different one.

d)

The computer stopped working so I asked if I could move to a different one.

19.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

However, the average, world temperature, has continued, to rise significantly.

b)

However, the average world temperature has continued to rise significantly.

c)

However the average world temperature has continued to rise significantly.

d)

However the average, world, temperature has continued to rise, significantly.

20.
Mrs., Dr., NBA, SMMS, and U.S.A. need to be capitalized because...
a)
They are proper nouns.
b)
They are proper verbs.
c)
They are the title before a name.
d)
Just because.
21.
Which of the sentences is written correctly?
a)
Fred is not british.
b)
That food has got to be Italian.
c)
Bill is from mexico.
d)
Most mexican food is spicy.
22.

Choose which sentences has correct capitalization.

a)

i want to go to the Grand canyon in december.

b)

I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.

c)

I want to go to the grand canyon in december.

d)

i want to go to the grand canyon in December.

23.
Which is the correct use of commas?
a)
Coffee, tea sugar, milk eggs
b)
Coffee tea sugar milk eggs
c)
Coffee, tea, sugar, milk, and eggs
d)
Coffee, tea, sugar, milk and eggs
24.

Which sentence has correct capitalization and punctuation?

a)

I like the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

b)

I like the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

25.

Which sentence has correct capitalization and punctuation?

a)

Who has read the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?

b)

Who has read the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.