Proper Nouns and Adjectives

Are all proper nouns capitalized?

• Yes

• No

What change should be made in this sentence?

The cafeteria is serving hamburgers on wednesday.

• Change cafeteria to Cafeteria

• Change hamburgers to Hamburgers

• Change wednesday to Wednesday

• No change is needed

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

During the civil war, many relatives fought against each other.

• Change civil war to Civil war

• Change civil war to Civil War

• Change relatives to Relatives

• Make no change

What is an example of a proper noun?

• school

• house

• Glengary Elementary

• elementary school

What is the proper adjective made from the proper noun: She has several __________ volumes. (Puerto Rico)

• Puerto Rico 

• Puerto Rican 

• Puerto Ricanese 

Which of the following is the correct way to write a proper adjective?

• Mississippi

• Mississippian

• mississippi

• mississippian

What is the proper adjective made from the proper noun: She owns a ________ painting. (Haiti) 

• Haiti

• Haitian 

Alice was a very curious little girl. What is the proper noun in this sentence. 

• girl

• Alice

Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea and IS capitalized.

• Common noun

• Proper noun

What change should be made to this sentence?

• Change U.S. Congress to U.S. congress

• Change constitution of 1787 to Constitution of 1787

• Change Washington, D.C. to washington, d.c.

• Change Washington, D.C to Washington, d.c.