Mastering Capitalization and Punctuation Rules

This video tutorial covers the basics of capitalization and punctuation. It explains the rules for starting sentences with capital letters and ending them with appropriate punctuation marks, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation points. The video includes exercises to practice correcting sentences and emphasizes the importance of capitalizing special names and the pronoun 'I'.

What must every sentence start with?

• A special name

• A punctuation mark

• A capital letter

• A lowercase letter

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Which punctuation mark is used to state a fact?

• Exclamation point

• Question mark

• Period

• Comma

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CCSS.L.4.3B

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How should the sentence 'the girl and the boy like to play with the cat' be corrected?

• Capitalize 'girl' and add an exclamation point

• Capitalize 'the' and add a question mark

• Capitalize 'the' and add a period

• No correction needed

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CCSS.L.4.3B

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Which sentence correctly uses an exclamation point?

• 'what is your favorite ice cream'

• 'how many fish are in the fishbowl'

• 'wow that was fun'

• 'my friend likes to play video games'

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CCSS.L.4.3B

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In the sentence 'it is fun to run with my friend', what correction is needed?

• Capitalize 'my' and add a question mark

• No correction needed

• Capitalize 'fun' and add an exclamation point

• Capitalize 'it' and add a period

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Which of the following is correctly capitalized and punctuated?

• My Friend And I Are Going To Play Ball.

• My friend and I are going to play ball.

• my friend and I are going to play ball

• My friend and i are going to play ball.

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What is the correct way to capitalize 'wow i did a great job'?

• Capitalize 'Wow' and 'I'

• Capitalize 'Great' and 'Job'

• Capitalize all words

• No capitalization needed

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What punctuation mark should be used at the end of 'are you going to visit your grandparents'?

• Period

• No punctuation needed

• Question mark

• Exclamation point

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CCSS.L.4.3B

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Which of the following is a special name that should be capitalized?

• Zoo

• Ham

• Cat

• Bob

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Which word does not need to be capitalized?

• Ham

• Taco Bell

• Mr. Simpson

• Anne

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