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Worksheet 3 a. Demonstrate Capitalization Rules

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Worksheet 3 a:Demonstrate Capitalization Rules

Discussion

Capitalize the following:

Days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

Months: September, October, November

Holidays and Holy Days: Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving

Periods, events in history: Gettysburg, Battle of the Bulge, the Middle Ages

Political Parties: the Green Party, the Republicans

Official Documents: Declaration of Independence

Trade names:Ford Mustang, Chevy Corvette

Formal epithets: Drug Czar

Official titles with the name:Sergeant York, General Eisenhower

Official state nicknames:BadgerState, the AlohaState

Planets and heavenly bodies: Saturn, Jupiter

Continents:Australia, South America

Countries:Russia, Spain

States and provinces:Arkansas, California

Cities, towns and villages:Madison, Town of Middleton

Streets, roads and highways:Highway 51, Route 66

Sections of a country or continent:the West Coast, the Far East

Landforms:the Rocky Mountains, the GobiDesert

Bodies of water:Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea

Public areas:Times Square, YellowstonePark

First word of a sentence:The house is locked.

Languages, races, nationalities, religions:English, French, Catholics

Titles of publications: “Hamlet”, Washington Post

Organizations:Lions, Senate

Abbreviations:YMCA, Ph. D., M.D., NAACP

Letters: U-turn, T-shirt

Words used as proper names: John, Smith

Titles of Courses: English, Mathematics 101

Capitalize the word I

Practice 1Capitalize as needed.

1. i live in wisconsin.
2. the start of the war was december 7, 1947.
3. what is the book theone minute manager about?
4. does doctor smith belong to the ymca?
5. he spent his vacation site seeing in the apostle islands and driving across the ho-chunk reservation.
6. the translator speaks french and russian, but she only speaks english when she is visiting the washington monument.
7. captain jones fought in the revolutionary war to stop the ships sent by the king of England.
8. thomas jefferson, our third president, wrote the declaration of independence.

Answers:

1. I live in Wisconsin.
2. The start of the war was December 7, 1947.
3. What is the book The One Minute Manager about?
4. Does Doctor Smith belong to the YMCA?
5. He spent his vacation site seeing in the ApostleIslands and driving across the Ho-Chunk reservation.
6. The translator speaks French and Russian, but she only speaks English when she is visiting the WashingtonMonument.
7. Captain Jones fought in the Revolutionary War to stop the ships sent by the King of England.
8. Thomas Jefferson, our third president, wrote the Declaration of Independence.