- Look at this sentence: 'my friend lives on oak street.' What two things need to be fixed?
Answer: Make the first word and 'Oak Street' start with capital letters
The sentence needs a capital 'M' at the beginning and capital letters for the street name 'Oak Street'. The first word of every sentence and proper nouns (like street names) must be capitalized.
- Which words need capital letters to make this letter correct?
Answer: Dear, Grandma, I, Love, and Lily need to be capitalized
'Dear' starts the first sentence, 'Grandma' is a proper noun, 'I' is always capitalized, 'Love' starts a new sentence, and 'Lily' is a proper name. All of these require capital letters.
- Which sentence shows the correct way to write about going to a specific place?
Answer: We are going to New York City tomorrow for our trip
Only the first word 'We' and the proper noun 'New York City' should be capitalized. The other words are common words that don't need capitals unless they start the sentence.
- Which sentence needs a question mark at the end?
Answer: The sentence about dogs because it asks for an answer
The sentence 'Do you have a dog' is asking a question and needs a question mark. 'I like cats' is a statement (needs a period), and 'What a big tree' is an exclamation (needs an exclamation point).
- Which capitalization rule does Jake need to use the most times?
Answer: Capitalizing proper nouns like names and place names multiple times
Jake needs to capitalize three proper nouns: 'Sarah' (person's name), 'I' (always capitalized), and 'McDonald's' (restaurant name). The proper noun rule is used most frequently in this sentence.
- Look at this sentence: 'when will uncle bob visit us from texas' What needs to be capitalized?
Answer: When, Uncle, Bob, and Texas should all start with capital letters
'When' starts the sentence, 'Uncle Bob' is a family title with a name, and 'Texas' is a state name. All require capitalization: When, Uncle, Bob, and Texas.
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly for what it's trying to say?
Answer: Please help me with this!
'Please help me with this!' correctly uses an exclamation point for an urgent request. The others are wrong: questions need question marks, excited statements need exclamation points, and simple facts need periods.
- Which sentence has the wrong end punctuation mark?
Answer: How old are you.
'How old are you' is a question asking for information, so it needs a question mark (?), not a period. Questions always end with question marks.
- What is wrong with this sentence? 'Stop running in the hall?'
Answer: It needs a period because it's telling someone what to do
It tells someone what to do, so it should end with a period, not a question mark.
- How many sentences need capital letters at the beginning?
Answer: Two sentences need capital letters to fix them
Two sentences need fixing: 'we went to the park' should start with 'We' and 'did you go to the park' should start with 'Did'. The middle sentence 'We had fun there' already starts with a capital letter.
- Look at this sentence: 'my sister and i went to walmart yesterday' How many words need capital letters?
Answer: Exactly three words need to be changed to capital letters
Three words need capitals: 'My' (first word of sentence), 'I' (pronoun), and 'Walmart' (store name - proper noun).
- Which word should start with a capital letter?
Answer: The word 'where' because it starts a new sentence
'Where' should be capitalized because it starts a new sentence after the period. All sentences must begin with a capital letter, regardless of the type of word.
- Look at these sentences: 'Wow, that's amazing!' and 'What time is it?' What makes them different from regular telling sentences?
Answer: They both use special end punctuation marks instead of periods
Both sentences use special punctuation: the first uses an exclamation point (!) to show excitement, and the second uses a question mark (?) to show it's a question. Regular telling sentences end with periods.
- What capitalization mistakes are in this sentence? 'can You help Me find my Backpack'
Answer: The wrong words were capitalized and the first word needs fixing
The wrong words are capitalized in the middle, and the first word 'can' should be capitalized.
