Capitalization & Punctuation

By: Brooke

CapitalizationCapitalization

Things you capitalize:Things you capitalize:

The first word of a The first word of a sentence.sentence. The names of people.The names of people. The names of cities The names of cities and towns.and towns. “ “I”I”

Capitalization Always capitalize the first word of a sentence.

The dog chased the cat. Where is the book?My cat is scared!

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•Capitalize the names of people.

My teacher’s name is Beth Frazier. Where is Emily?I have two dogs named Grady and Emma.

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• Capitalize the names of cities and towns.

Brooke lives in Haleyville.

My daughter goes to school at Auburn.

Hannah lives in Montgomery.

Capitalize “I”

Always capitalize “I”.

• I like to play outside.

• I am 15 years old.

• Trey and I are having fun.

Punctuation

o Always put a period, question mark, or exclamation point at the end of a sentence.

• The boy is nice. period• Are you ready to go? question

mark• Way to go! exclamation point

Period

Use a period if you just want to say something.

I like your shirt. Tomorrow is my

birthday. My favorite color is blue.

Question Mark

Use a question mark if you want to ask a question.

What is your name?Do you have a dog? How old is Alexis?

Exclamation PointExclamation Point

Use an exclamation Use an exclamation point when you are point when you are excited or you excited or you want to yell want to yell something. something.

I love chocolate!I love chocolate!

Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!

Wow!Wow!

Quiz Time!Quiz Time!

Now you will take a short quiz Now you will take a short quiz about capitalization and about capitalization and punctuation!punctuation!

Good Luck!Good Luck!

1.1. Do you capitalize the first Do you capitalize the first word of a sentence? word of a sentence?

YesYes NoNo

**Correct*Correct*

Try Again!!

2. Which word do you capitalize?2. Which word do you capitalize?

(hint: It is a name.)(hint: It is a name.)

A. frog B. apple

C. sarah D. clock

3. What punctuation do you add to the 3. What punctuation do you add to the end of this sentence?end of this sentence?

My dog is bigMy dog is big

A.A. Question markQuestion mark B. Period B. Period

C. Exclamation PointC. Exclamation Point D. Comma D. Comma

4. What word do you capitalize in this sentence?

i like to play outside with my puppy.

A. I B. Puppy

C. Play D. With

5. What kind of punctuation do you add to the end of this sentence?

Wow

A. Period B. Exclamation Point

C. Comma D. Question Mark

6. What sentence should end with a question mark?

A. I like to go to school

B. My sister is tall

C. Do you have a pencil

D. Wow

7. What words do you capitalize in the sentence below?

o i went to the mall with my best friend caroline.

A. I & Friend

B. Mall & Caroline

C. Best & Friend

D. I & Caroline

TThhee EEnndd

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