Capitalization

Valeria Quiñones-Rivera March 25, 2020 12-1
I. Now that you have read and learned the rules for Capitalization, read and correctly
write each sentence using proper capitalization.
1. I was born in Shanghai, China, but grew up in the United States.
2. Mrs. Ohana gave me the Bible.
3. If you walk two more blocks, you will be able to see Mt. Rocky.
4. My family will have a summer vacation in Hawaii.
5. I didn’t want to cook tonight, so I just ordered Thai food for dinner.
6. Can your mother speak good English?
7. She asked, "Do you like German food?"
8. "Pirates of the Caribbean", he said, "is my favourite film."
9. My friend was born on 25 December 1999. She doesn't like having her birthday on Christmas
day.
10. My father brought me back a beautiful carved Indian elephant from his business trip to Asia
last week.
11. Every December, I can hardly wait for Santa Claus.
12. Friday is the best day because we order pizza from Domino's.
13. The best television shows are SpongeBob and Ed, Edd, and Eddie.
14. My favorite song is We Will Rock You.
15. King Arthur ruled over Camelot.
II. DIRECTIONS: Circle the words in the following sentences that need a capital letter.
There are 25.
1. my favorite books are green eggs and ham and horton hears a who.
2. on sunday, i will see the movie star wars and eat at taco bell.
3. terry and louis went to central park last july.
4. she has a friend from london, england.

5. did you know that abraham lincoln was the sixteenth president?
III. DIRECTIONS: Put an X if the sentence is capitalized incorrectly and a C if it is
capitalized correctly.
1. __C__ Big Ben of London is a clock.
2. __X__ I drove east to the city and turned north.
3. __X__ My family supports the American cancer society.
4. __X__ Yellowstone National Park is a great Park.
5. __C__ I work for the New York Times.
6. __X__ She is a republican and proud of it.
7. __X__ The Emancipation proclamation was issued in 1862.
8. __C__ Buddhists have been around a very long time.
9. __X__ The Sidney Opera House is a Gorgeous Building.
10. __C__ The Bronze Age lasted for several thousand years.
IV. DIRECTIONS: Circle all the words that need to be capitalized. There are 25.
i have the coolest book called encyclopedia of the world. it shows pictures of africans, asians,
animals, and architecture. it explains how the coliseum in greece was built and why the leaning
tower of pisa leans. my dad likes reading about the war of the roses and the russian revolution.
it also explains about different groups of people, like catholics, protestants, and jews. Also
included is information about zoos, including the san diego zoo.
1. sam first met pam while camping in tampa, florida.
2. pam invited sam to read a book called puppy partners with her.
3. puppy partners is about two silly dogs named pookie and pokey.
4. pookie and pokey go to a school called poochenworth academy.
5. pam's favorite part about puppy partners was a crazy character called petey the parakeet.
6. sam said, "now i get a turn! let's read my dinosaur book!"

7. the book was called "dino the dinosaur doctor."
8. "dino the dinosaur doctor" was about a dinosaur doctor named dr. dino who healed sick
dinosaurs.
9. pam loved the book and wanted to show it to her favorite teacher, mr. morton.
10. her main man sam said, "that's all good, pam, as long as you can get it back to me by
wednesday."
11. then pam and sam got into a fiery dispute about the impact of amazon's kindle on the act of
reading.
12. pam loves her kindle paperwhite because she can read in the dark and define words by
touching them.
13. sam prefers the feel of real books, even sticky ones like "dino the dinosaur doctor."
14. pam and sam both enrolled in mr. morton's reading 101 course next year.
15. they might get into another dispute while learning about american literature and british
literature.
V. Using Singular, Plural, and Collective Nouns

Complete each of the following tasks. Make sure the following is completed at your grade level.
1. Write 5 properly capitalized sentences that include the title of a book or television show.
a. My favorite show is Once Upon a Time while my sister’s favorite show is Brooklyn 99.
b. George suggested that I should read “The Book Thief”.
c. Mary and Jane watched Greenhouse Academy during the break.
d. Did you know that The Princess Bride is based on a book by the same name?
e. In 10th grade, I read “Schindler's List” and it was a very interesting book.
2. Write 5 properly capitalized sentences that are about a world leader. Include that leader's title.
a. Earlier this week, President Trump had a press conference.
b. Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, agreed on a policy created by Bernie
Sanders, one of the Democratic candidates.
c. Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States.
d. The Governor of Puerto Rico has been Wanda Vázquez since 2019.
e. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, was a part of a scandal last year.
3. Write 5 properly capitalized sentences about a SPECIFIC (proper noun) product.
a. Do you want to get Pizza Hut this week?
b. I used Lysol spray to disinfect the whole house.
c. We watched Netflix in Mr. Magura’s class.
d. I’ve had this PlayStation 4 for six years.
e. My mom went to Walgreens yesterday.
4. Write 5 properly capitalized sentences that include the name of a month and a day of the week.
a. My birthday is September 11, 2001.
b. Adam and I went to the movies last Friday.
c. Are you going to the beach on Saturday?
d. How many days until April 1st?
e. I’m going to Florida in June to visit my sister.
5. Write 5 properly capitalized sentences that include the name of a city, state, or country.
a. I lived in Pennsylvania for four years.
b. My dad used to work in New York.
c. What is the capital of South Korea?
d. My brother went to Japan last year.
e. Florida is known as the sunshine state.

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Valeria Quiñones-Rivera March 25, 2020 12-1

4. she has a friend from london, england.

1. sam first met pam while camping in tampa, florida.

4. pookie and pokey go to a school called poochenworth academy.

6. sam said, "now i get a turn! let's read my dinosaur book!"

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