Capitalization

How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
That same night, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip back to norfolk."

• 2
• 4
• 3
• 1

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CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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.

• Proper Noun
• Proper Adjective
• Beginning of a direct quote
• Abbreviations or initialism

What capitalization rule tells us that President should be capitalized in the sentence below?
This November, President Obama will leave the White House, and the American people will elect a new president - I wonder who it will be.

• Proper Nouns
• Proper Adjective
• Title before a name
• The pronoun I

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

Identify the capitalization error in the following information:
Canfield Middle School 
1800 E. Dalton ave.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815

• E.
• Dalton
• ave.
• at

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CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

A capital letter is generally _________ times the size of a lower case letter.

• 4
• 2
• 10
• 3

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CCSS.RI.6.4

True or False: It is necessary to capitalize titles of books, magazines, poems, songs, etc.

• False; it is never necessary.
• True; it is sometimes necessary.
• False; it is sometimes necessary.
• True; it is always necessary

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CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

YMCA, Mrs., Dr., BTW, CMS, and U.S.A need to be capitalized because ...

• They are proper nouns.
• They are abbreviations or initials.
• They are proper adjectives.
• They are the title before a name.

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CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

The following is an example of what capitalization rule?
George Lopez said, "Hey, you have to love capitalization, right?"

• First word in a direct quotation.
• Proper noun
• Pronoun I
• Proper adjective

What makes an English teacher go mad?

• misspellings
• I
• i
• dead words

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.2D

There are many reasons to capitalize words; however, we can categorize them into ________ primary capitalization rules.

• 5
• 12
• 7
• 3