Writing Sentences Correctly

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• By the time we arrived at monroe’s motor inn, most of us were too excited to sleep.

• By the time we arrived at Monroe’s Motor Inn, most of us were too excited to sleep.

• By the time we arrived at Monroe’s motor inn, most of us were too excited to sleep.

Which of these words should be capitalized? last week, while my sister was raiding the refrigerator late at night, my mother came downstairs and said “oh I thought you were a burglar!”

• last

• mother

• oh

Which of these words should be capitalized? in a famous speech John F. Kennedy said that people should ask what they can do for their country.

• in

• people

• country

Which of these words should be capitalized? people living in the extreme north of Chile wouldn’t know what to do if it ever rained. (they live in the driest desert in the world.)

• people

• north

• they

Which of these words should be capitalized? my best friend hates urban life (he grew up in a small town) and said last week that big cities are nothing more than a necessary evil.

• my

• he

• big

Which of these words should be capitalized? when Dorothy Parker (an American poet and short-story writer) was told that the quiet, stern president had died, she asked, “how could they tell?”

• when

• an

• how

In this step of the writing process you fix misspelled words.

• revising

• editing

• drafting

• planning

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• A) I can't believe it's already 5 o'clock!

• B) I cant believe its already 5 o'clock!

• C) I can't believe its already 5 o'clock!

• D) I cant believe it's already 5 o'clock!

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• A) The team are winning the match.

• B) The team is winning the match.

• C) The team were winning the match.

• D) The team be winning the match.

Choose the sentence that uses the correct form of 'there', 'their', or 'they're'.

• A) Their going to the park later.

• B) There going to the park later.

• C) They're going to the park later.

• D) Their going to the park later.