Within Sentences
What word in a sentence should you ALWAYS capitalize?
The first word!
For example: I ran to the store.
I was the first word and needed to be capitalized.
Do we capitalize languages like french, swedish, and spanish?
Yes, we do capitalize languages like French, Swedish, and Spanish!
Do we capitalize holidays like halloween?
Yes, we capitalize holidays like Halloween.
Do we capitalize the titles of books?
Yes, always!
Apostrophes are used to show ________
Possession.
If I talk about the month of may in my sentence, do I capitalize the word may?
Yes, you would capitalize May because it's one of the months of the year.
Capitalize what is necessary in this sentence: "cynthia just went to kenya this summer"
Cynthia.
Kenya.
If I went to an event at a college do I capitalize the college?
Yes, for example: Ms. Hagins went to Northeastern State University and has gone to events there.
Capitalize this movie title properly: legally blonde
Legally Blonde.
Add an apostrophe to this word: shouldnt.
Shouldn't.
What needs to be capitalized in this sentence?: it was about time tommy went to the lake.
Tommy (Name).
It (Beginning of sentence).
Would we capitalize a specific location like silver dollar city?
Yes, we would capitalize a specific place like silver dollar city!
Capitalize what is necessary in this sentence: We are going to the tulsa state fair.
Tulsa State Fair.
Capitalize this song title properly: "boulevard of broken dreams"
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Put an apostrophe where it should be: Im so done with homework, I cant deal with it!
I'm, can't.
If I were to have a sentence where I talk about someone's love of the soda dr. pepper would I need to capitalize dr. pepper?
P.s. Ms. Hagins says soda, not pop. We can debate about this later!
Yes, it's a title (Dr.) and a brand name (Dr. Pepper)!
Do you always capitalize directions like: north, south, east, and west?
No, you only do it if you are talking about specific ideas like "The South" or "South Tulsa". If I said something like "Go south on the highway" that wouldn't be capitalized.
Capitalize what is necessary in this sentence: i'm going to a christmas dance in december.
Christmas, December, I'm.
Do we capitalize every single word in a movie title?
No, if there is a word like an article (the, a), FANBOYS, and prepositional phrases.
Don't worry there will be more information on these later!
Put an apostrophe where it belongs: Whitneys book is so boring, I fell asleep while reading it, cant lie.
Whitney's, can't.
You capitalize the first word in a direct quote, true or false?
It's true, you always capitalize the first word in a direct quote:
Example: Drake sang, "Started from the bottom now we're here!"
Do we capitalize the seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall, and winter?
No, it's very rare that we ever capitalize the seasons. They would need to be in a situation where they begin a sentence or something similar to that.
Do we capitalize specific time periods like the renaissance?
Yes, we do capitalize specific time periods like The Renaissance.
What's a proper noun?
When we are talking about a really specific noun, so a really specific person, place, or thing.
A type of word we use apostrophes with
___________
(Hint: Starts with a "c" and it was in a video we watched earlier this week).
Contractions.