Identify the Rule

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

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

ADDING SUFFIX -LY RULES

If the root word ends in -y, change -y to i and add -ly to become -ily. happy→happily

Which words follow this rule?

• easily

• busily

• comically

• strongly

What rule is applied when capitalizing the first word of a sentence?

• First word of a sentence

• Proper noun

• Pronoun I

• Proper adjective

Which rule dictates the use of 'an' before a vowel sound?

• Use 'an' before a vowel sound

• Use 'a' before a consonant sound

• Use 'the' for specific nouns

• Use 'some' for plural nouns

Identify the rule for using 'who' versus 'whom'.

• 'Who' is used as a subject, 'whom' as an object

• 'Whom' is used as a subject, 'who' as an object

• 'Who' is used for objects, 'whom' for subjects

• 'Whom' is used for possessive cases

What is the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs?

• Add -ed to the base form

• Change the vowel

• Add -ing to the base form

• Use the base form

Which rule explains the use of 'fewer' versus 'less'?

• 'Fewer' for countable nouns, 'less' for uncountable nouns

• 'Less' for countable nouns, 'fewer' for uncountable nouns

• 'Fewer' for uncountable nouns, 'less' for countable nouns

• 'Less' for both countable and uncountable nouns

Identify the rule for using 'its' versus 'it's'.

• 'Its' is possessive, 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'

• 'It's' is possessive, 'its' is a contraction for 'it is'

• 'Its' is a contraction for 'it has', 'it's' is possessive

• 'It's' is a contraction for 'it was', 'its' is possessive

What rule is applied when using commas in a list?

• Use commas to separate items in a list

• Use commas only after the last item

• Use commas before the first item

• Do not use commas in a list