Capital Letters
Which sentence DOES NOT use capital letters correctly?
1. Sweet Sweet Mango Tree is an amusing story.
2. Harry and i are good friends.
3. Labour Day is a public holiday in Jamaica.
Harry and i are good friends.
What punctuation mark is needed at the () in this sentence?
Every Sunday afternoon()my friends and I play ring games.
comma
Which sentence needs a comma?
This is the last time I'm reminding you.
Brooms rakes and pliers are simple machines.
Brooms rakes and pliers are simple machines.
Which sentence needs a question mark?
1. I will ask him to help you with your homework
2. Is that red purse yours
3. Please ask him to assist me
Is that red purse yours
Correct the error in this sentence.
Yam, banana, pimento and ackee are, locally grown crops.
There should be NO comma after the word 'are'
Which of these words should always be written with a capital letter?
school
airport
africans
Africans
Which sentence needs an exclamation mark?
1. How did you do that
2. How amazing
3. I want to know how you managed to do that
How amazing!
Which punctuation mark is missing?
Dad, why can't I have a pet I know that I am responsible enough now.
question mark
Which sentence requires quotation marks?
A. Gracie, I have something to show you.
B. Gracie, look at my new Apple iPhone, whispered Pam.
Gracie, look at my new Apple iPhone, whispered Pam.
What is the error in the sentence.
Twelve months make one year.
There is no error.
Identify the word in the following sentence that SHOULD NOT start with a capital letter.
Jamaica is the third largest Island in the Caribbean.
Island
Which punctuation mark is needed at the () in this sentence?
Mother was absent from work yesterday() she had a severe headache.
full stop
semi-colon
colon
semi-colon
Where exactly should the semi-colon be placed in the following sentence?
A decade is ten years a century is one hundred years.
It should be written after the 'first' years.
State where the open and close quotation marks should be, in the following sentence.
Students, it is important that you study for your test, reminded the teacher.
open quotation marks = before the word Students
close quotation marks = after the word test
Correct the error in this sentence.
She is feeling i'll today.
In the sentence, ill is a word meaning sick so it does not require an apostrophe.
Which is the only pronoun that should ALWAYS be written with a capital letter?
I
Which word requires an apostrophe (')?
I didnt know that she was ill.
ill
didnt
didnt
Which is NOT a correct use of the comma?
1. to list items in a series
2. used instead of a conjunction
3. used to separate Direct Quotes from the rest of the sentence
used instead of a conjunction
Which statement is NOT TRUE about full stops?
1. A full stop is used instead of a comma.
2. A full stop is used to punctuate initials.
3. A full stop is used at the end of a statement
A full stop is used instead of a comma.
Correct the error.
What are you doing!
There should be no exclamation mark; there should be a question mark at the end of the sentence.
Identify/list ALL the words that should start with capital letters in the following sentence.
we travelled by caribbean airlines to miami in the first week of april.
we, caribbean airlines, miami, april
Give/Say a sentence which requires a question mark.
Students' Choice
Which punctuation mark is missing?
Bring me the following scissors, glue, markers, crayons and crepe paper.
colon
My grandmother is always cheerful but my grandfather is usually grumpy.
In the sentence above, what punctuation mark could be used instead of the conjunction, 'but.'
full stop
comma
semi-colon
semi-colon
Correct the errors in this sentence.
Yesterday, the Dog chased a cat around the yard. until the poor little cat became tired and fell asleep on the mat.
The word dog SHOULD NOT be written with a capital 'd' and there should be no full stop after the word 'yard'