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Capitalization
Numbers
Punctuation
Abbreviation
Geography
100
True or false: do not capitalize months.
What is false?
100
True or false? Spell out all numbers up until 10.
What is false? Numbers up until 9
100
Use this many spaces after a period.
What is 1? Single space.
100
Montgomery is the capitol of this state.
What is Ala.?
200
True or false. Capitalize seasons.
What is false?
200
"A twenty year old student" or "a 20-year-old student"
What is 20-year-old student
200
Use this when linking two independent clauses.
What is a comma?
200
This is how you abbreviate OKC Thunder's home state.
What is Okla.?
200
Go ___ to find Paul Bunyan. (direction)
What is north?
300
TIME magazine or TIME Magazine
What is TIME magazine? Capitalize the word only if it is part of the paper's formal title.
300
We had to drive five miles? or we had to drive 5 miles?
What is "five" because you spell out the distance if it is below ten
300
Place the hyphen in the following phrase IF one is appropriate: "...Dr. Passe is a well known man..."
What is a well-known man?
300
Does Shelly have five children or 5 children?
What is five children?
300
How would you write the street College Hall South is on?
What is fourth st.?
400
Capitalize this type of noun when it is part of a proper name.
What is a common noun? For example, Democratic Party. Party is the common noun.
400
$1 million or $1,000,000?
What is $1 million? When you count numbers spell out cents and anything over 1 million.
400
Periods always go on the ___ side of quotation marks.
What is inside?
400
How do you abbreviate a reverend?
What is the Rev.?
400
True or false. Do not abbreviate state names when they stand alone. Ex. There was a hurricane in Eastern Kentucky.
What is true?
500
author Walter Dean Myers or Author Walter Dean Myers?
What is author Walter Dean Myers? Do not capitalize occupational descriptions.
500
Is this correct? A 5-foot-6 inch man.
What is 5-foot-6 man? The inch is implied already.
500
Commas should be used for numbers 1,000 and above. Give an exception to this rule.
What is zip codes, serial numbers, years, or phone numbers?
500
You _______ abbreviate days of the week. (Should or should not)
What is should not?
500
Name a state you can never abbreviate in datelines or text.
What is Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, or Utah?