Capitalization Mastery Challenge

This video tutorial reviews the rules of capitalization, covering when to capitalize letters in sentences, direct quotations, names, titles, and academic degrees. It also explains the capitalization of family titles, the pronoun 'I', geographical names, celestial bodies, organizations, historical events, and titles. The tutorial provides examples to illustrate each rule, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of capitalization in various contexts.

What is the basic rule of capitalization for the beginning of sentences?

• Capitalize the last word

• No capitalization needed

• Capitalize the first word

• Capitalize all nouns

How should you capitalize a direct quotation?

• Only proper nouns

• The first letter of the entire quotation

• Every word in the quotation

• No capitalization

When a title precedes a person's name, how should it be capitalized?

• Random capitalization

• The title is not capitalized

• Both the title and the name are capitalized

• Only the person's name is capitalized

In the case of academic degrees following a person's name, how is capitalization applied?

• Both the name and the degree are capitalized

• Only the degree is capitalized

• No capitalization is applied

• Only the name is capitalized

When referring to family titles in a possessive form, how should they be capitalized?

• Capitalized only if used as a direct address

• Never capitalized

• Always capitalized

• Capitalized only if not used as a direct address

What is the capitalization rule for the pronoun 'I'?

• Capitalized only in formal writing

• Capitalized only at the beginning of sentences

• Never capitalized

• Always capitalized

How are geographical names like cities and countries capitalized?

• Only the last letter of each word

• Only the first letter of each word

• Every letter

• No capitalization

What is the rule for capitalizing the names of historical events?

• Only the first letter

• Every word except prepositions

• Only nouns

• No capitalization

How should you capitalize the title of books and movies?

• The first word and all major words

• Every word

• Only the first and last words

• No capitalization

How are the names of ethnic groups and languages treated in terms of capitalization?

• Capitalized only when used as adjectives

• Never capitalized

• Capitalized only when used as nouns

• Always capitalized