Capitalization
What is the rule for capitalizing the first word in a sentence?
The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.
What punctuation mark is used to end a statement?
A period (.) is used to end a statement.
What is a complete sentence?
A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
What is a topic sentence?
A topic sentence states the main idea of a paragraph.
Which of the following should be capitalized: "january," "new york," and "tuesday"?
"January", "Tuesday", and "New York" should all be capitalized.
Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a question?
A question mark (?) is used to indicate a question.
Identify whether this is a complete sentence or a fragment: "The dog ran."
It is a complete sentence.
Identify the topic sentence in this paragraph: While cats may be as cute as dogs, they are not more loyal. Dogs are loyal companions. They protect their owners. They follow their owners from room to room. The will make sure that they know where you are at all times when you are home.
Dogs are loyal companions.
True or False: Proper nouns should always be capitalized.
True.
Rewrite these sentences with correct punctuation: "I went to the store I bought milk."
"I went to the store. I bought milk."
Give an example of a complete sentence.
Teachers must check the answer.
True or False: A topic sentence can be a question.
False
Identify the error(s): "my friend lives in los angeles."
"My" and "Los Angeles" should be capitalized.
Write a sentence that includes the word "and" that also has correct punctuation.
Teacher must check answer.
Example: I ran to the store and I bought candy.
Correct this fragment: "Running down the street."
Teachers need to check answers.
What is the first step in building a topic sentence when answering a prompt?
Understand what the prompt is asking you to do.
Give an example of a sentence that correctly uses capitalization rules.
Teacher must check answers.
What punctuation should be used in this sentence:
I yelled mom come look at this
I yelled, "Mom, come look at this!"
Correct this: I wanted to see what was going on so I ran down the street and looked around and I saw what I was looking for a huge dog was barking
I wanted to see what was going on so I ran down the street and looked around. I saw what I was looking for! A huge dog was barking!
Create a topic sentence for a paragraph about the importance of reading.
Teachers need to check answers.