Capitalization Rules for Kids

This video tutorial covers the rules of capitalization, including when to capitalize the first letter of a word in a sentence, proper nouns, holidays, days of the week, months, titles, and nationalities. It provides examples for each rule to help learners understand the application of capitalization in different contexts.

What does capitalization mean?

• Writing the first letter of a word in lowercase

• Writing the first letter of a word as a capital letter

• Writing the entire word in uppercase

• Writing the entire word in lowercase

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Which letter should be capitalized in the sentence: 'the dog is barking'?

• t

• d

• b

• g

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Which of the following is a proper noun?

• dog

• city

• tree

• Anna Shaw

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Why is 'Eiffel Tower' capitalized?

• Because it is a verb

• Because it is a specific thing

• Because it is an adjective

• Because it is a common noun

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Which of the following should be capitalized?

• monday

• independence day

• All of the above

• january

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Why is 'July' capitalized in the sentence 'Independence Day is in July'?

• Because it is a month

• Because it is a proper noun

• Because it is a holiday

• Because it is a day of the week

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Which words are not capitalized in titles?

• Nouns and verbs

• Prepositions and articles

• Adjectives and adverbs

• Pronouns and conjunctions

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In the title 'The Cat in the Hat', which words are not capitalized?

• The and in

• The and Hat

• Cat and Hat

• Cat and in

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What is the nationality of someone from Canada?

• Canadish

• Canadian

• Canadite

• Canadese

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Which of the following nationalities should be capitalized?

• canadian

• All of the above

• greek

• french

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