Capitalization
Which word should be capitalized in this sentence: "my favorite teacher is mrs. lopez."?
"My favorite teacher is Mrs. Lopez."
Add commas where needed: "On Monday we will begin the project."
What is "On Monday, we will begin the project."
Identify the preposition in: "The cat slept under the table."
What is "under".
Identify the direct object: "Lucas kicked the ball."
What is "the ball".
Give the plural form of this noun: "city."
What is "cities"
Capitalize the proper nouns in this sentence: "we visited the empire state building and central park in new york."
What is "Empire State Building," "Central Park," and "New York".
Insert commas in a series: "We packed pencils notebooks snacks and water bottles for the trip."
What is "We packed pencils, notebooks, snacks, and water bottles for the trip."
Choose the correct preposition: "She divided the apples ___ the children." (between / among)
What is "among" (use among for more than two; between for two)
Find the direct object in this sentence: "She asked him to answer the question."
Direct object: "the question" (She asked him to answer what? The question)
Make the noun plural: "child."
What is "children"
Rewrite this title correctly: "the adventures of tom sawyer."
What is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
Place commas correctly in this sentence with an introductory clause: "After the movie we went out for ice cream."
What is "After the movie, we went out for ice cream."
Find the error and correct the preposition: "He is good in playing chess."
What is "good at playing chess."
Tell whether the underlined word is a direct object or not: "They painted the fence yesterday."
"The fence" is the direct object (receives the action "painted").
Form the plural for this compound noun: "mother-in-law."
What is "mothers-in-law"
Decide whether to capitalize the following: days of the week, common nouns, and the word "president" when used before a name.
Days of the week: capitalize (Monday). Common nouns: do not capitalize (dog). "President" before a name: capitalize (President Lincoln)
Add commas where needed (hint: appositive phrase): "My sister who lives in Seattle is coming to visit."
What is "My sister, who lives in Seattle, is coming to visit."
Use a prepositional phrase to add detail to this sentence: "The hikers reached the peak."
Example: "The hikers reached the peak after a long climb." (adds prepositional phrase)
Rewrite the sentence to include a direct object: "The teacher explained." (Add a clear direct object that fits)
Example: "The teacher explained the lesson."
Choose the correct plural form: "The scientist examined several (phenomenon/phenomena) during the study."
What is "phenomena"
Explain when to capitalize the first word in a direct quotation and give an example.
Capitalize the first word if the quotation is a complete sentence: She said, "Bring your books." If the quotation is a fragment integrated into the sentence, do not capitalize.
Correctly punctuate this sentence with commas: "When the game ended the students cheered but the coach stayed calm."
What is "When the game ended, the students cheered, but the coach stayed calm."
Tell whether a preposition is needed and fix the sentence if necessary: "Where are you at?"
Omit "at": "Where are you?" — "At" is unnecessary and informal; use "Where are you?" or "Where are you located?"
Identify the direct object and explain how you know in this sentence with passive voice: "The trophy was awarded to the team by the coach."
Passive sentence: "The trophy was awarded to the team by the coach." Direct object in active voice: "The coach awarded the team the trophy." Direct object: "the trophy" (it receives the action of awarding)
Correct the plural in this sentence if needed: "The datas from the surveys was helpful." Provide the corrected sentence.
Correction: "The data from the surveys were helpful."