Capitalization Nation
my uncle lives in new york city.
What is "My Uncle lives in New York City"?
Choose the correct word: "Make sure to bring (their / there / they're) jackets."
What is "their"?
This punctuation mark belongs at the end of a sentence that shows strong emotion or excitement.
What is an exclamation point?
Correct the spelling of this common word: DIFERENT
What is D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T?
Fix the subject-verb agreement error: "The students in Mr. Davis’s class works hard on their projects."
What is change "works" to "work"? (The plural subject "students" requires the plural verb "work")
This type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing and must always be capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
Use this word when comparing two things, but use "then" when referring to time or sequence.
What is "than"?
Add the missing punctuation: "I need to buy apples bananas and oranges."
What are commas? (after "apples" and "bananas")
Correct the spelling of this word: NECESARY
What is N-E-C-E-S-S-A-R-Y?
Fix this run-on sentence by adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction: "We wanted to go to the park it started raining heavily."
What is "..., but it started..."? (e.g., "We wanted to go to the park, but it started raining heavily.")
In the title harry potter and the chamber of secrets, these two small words should NOT be capitalized.
What are "and" & "the"?
Choose the correct option: "The weather will (affect / effect) our outdoor plans today."
What is "affect"?
This mark is used to show ownership or to create contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
Follow the "i before e" rule to correctly spell the word that means a person you know: RECIEVE or RECEIVE?
What is R-E-C-E-I-V-E? (Except after C!)
Identify the error in this sentence: "Walking down the street, the trees were beautiful."
What is a dangling modifier? (It sounds like the trees were walking down the street! It should read: "Walking down the street, I noticed the trees were beautiful.")
Correct the capitalization in this sentence: "last tuesday, we studied french."
What is "Last Tuesday, we studied French"? (Languages and days of the week are always capitalized)
Choose the correct pronoun: "My brother and (I / me) went to the store."
What is "I"?
You use these double marks to enclose exact words spoken by someone in dialogue.
What are quotation marks?
Correct the spelling of this word: SEPARATE or SEPERATE?
What is S-E-P-A-R-A-T-E?
Make this sentence fragment complete: "Because she studied every night for two weeks."
What is adding an independent clause? (e.g., "Because she studied every night for two weeks, she passed the exam.")
You should capitalize directional words like "North" or "South" only when referring to this, not when giving directions.
What is a specific region/place? (e.g., "the South" vs. "drive south")
Fill in the blank with the word meaning "to receive": "Everyone was invited to the party __________ Sarah."
What is "except"? (accept vs. except)
Identify the punctuation error in this sentence: "Its going to be a great day!"
What is missing an apostrophe in "It's"? (It's = It is)
Correct the spelling of this challenging word: DEFANITELY
What is D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y?
Correct the comma splice error: "The bell rang for lunch, everyone grabbed their backpacks."
What is adding a coordinating conjunction after the comma (or changing the comma to a semicolon / period)? (e.g., "...for lunch, so everyone..." or "...for lunch. Everyone...")