Capitalization Champs
Clue: Correct the capitalization error:
my aunt lives in columbia, south carolina.
What is: My aunt lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
Clue: Add the comma where needed:
The loud excited crowd cheered for the team.
The loud, excited crowd cheered for the team.
Clue: Which word is correctly hyphenated?
A. mother in law
B. mother-in law
C. motherin-law
D. mother-in-law
What is:
D. mother-in-law
Clue: Identify the phrase in this sentence:
After the game, we went home.
What is: After the game
Clue: Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
Because I forgot my homework.
What is fragment
Clue: Which resource could help you check spelling and grammar?
A. Dictionary
B. Grammar checker
C. Thesaurus
D. All of the above
What is: D. All of the above
Clue: Which sentence uses capitalization correctly?
A. We read the book wonder in class.
B. We read the book Wonder in class.
C. We read the Book wonder in class.
D. we read the book Wonder in class.
What is: B. We read the book Wonder in class.
Clue: Which sentence correctly uses a comma between coordinate adjectives?
A. The bright blue sky was clear.
B. The tired, hungry players walked home.
C. The small red car stopped.
D. The wooden kitchen table was old.
What is B: The tired, hungry players walked home.
Clue: Correct the sentence:
My twenty one year old cousin is visiting.
My twenty-one-year-old cousin is visiting.
Clue: Identify the clause:
Because it was raining, we stayed inside.
What is: Because it was raining
Clue: Correct the run-on sentence:
I studied for the test I still felt nervous.
I studied for the test, but I still felt nervous.
Clue: What should you check during the editing stage?
A. Grammar
B. Capitalization
C. Punctuation
D. All of the above
What is D. All of the above
Clue: Correct the sentence:
on friday, we will visit furman middle school for the assembly.
On Friday, we will visit Furman Middle School for the assembly.
Clue: Does this sentence need a comma? Explain.
She wore a beautiful purple dress.
No comma is needed.
Teacher Note:
“Beautiful” and “purple” are not coordinate adjectives because “purple beautiful dress” does not sound natural.
Clue: Which sentence uses a hyphen correctly?
A. She is a well-known author.
B. She is a well known-author.
C. She is a wellknown author.
D. She is a well known author.
What is: A. She is a well-known author.
Clue: What is wrong with this sentence?
Running down the hallway, the books fell from my arms.
What is: It has a dangling modifier.
Teacher Note:
The sentence makes it sound like the books were running. The person running needs to be clearly stated
Clue: Choose the sentence with correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
A. Each student should bring their pencil.
B. Each student should bring his or her pencil.
C. Each students should bring their pencil.
D. Each student should bring they pencil.
What is B: Each student should bring his or her pencil.
Clue: Which sentence is edited correctly?
A. my teacher said we should revise our essays.
B. My teacher said we should revise our essays.
C. My teacher said we should revise our Essays.
D. my Teacher said we should revise our essays.
What is B. My teacher said we should revise our essays.
Clue: Identify the capitalization mistake:
The students studied the civil war during Social Studies
What is:
Civil War should be capitalized.
Clue: Add commas correctly:
The long difficult confusing assignment took an hour.
The long, difficult, confusing assignment took an hour.
Clue: Rewrite the sentence using correct hyphenation:
The student gave a five minute speech.
The student gave a five-minute speech.
Clue: Correct the misplaced modifier:
She almost drove her brother to school every day.
What is:
She drove her brother to school almost every day.
Clue: Identify the verb tense shift:
Yesterday, we walked to the store and buy snacks.
What is: “Buy” should be “bought.”
Clue: Find and correct the error:
The students was excited about presenting their projects.
Correct Answer: What is...
The students were excited about presenting their projects.
Clue: Rewrite the sentence with correct capitalization:
during spring break, my family traveled to atlanta, georgia, and visited the martin luther king jr. national historical park.
During spring break, my family traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, and visited the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park.
Clue: Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly.
A. The kind, elderly woman helped us.
B. The elderly, kind woman helped us.
C. The kind elderly, woman helped us.
D. The kind elderly woman, helped us.
What is: A. The kind, elderly woman helped us.
Clue: Which sentence does not need a hyphen?
A. It was a last-minute decision.
B. My brother-in-law came over.
C. The test was well written.
D. She made a full-length movie.
What is: C. The test was well written.
Clue: Revise the sentence to fix the dangling modifier:
Walking into the classroom, the homework was collected by the teacher.
What is:
Walking into the classroom, the teacher collected the homework.
Clue: Revise the sentence to fix the fragment:
Although the team practiced every day.
Although the team practiced every day, they lost the championship game.
Clue: Edit the sentence for grammar, punctuation, and mechanics:
my well known cousin visited charleston south carolina and she took beautiful old pictures
Correct Answer:
My well-known cousin visited Charleston, South Carolina, and she took beautiful old pictures.