Name: _______________________________________________________________
Chapter 1 and 2
Section 1: Identifying Correct Usage of Capital Letters
1. Circle the words that should begin with a capital letter:
1) the dog is barking.
2) alice went to the zoo with tom.
3) i am excited for eid al adxa.
4) they live in new york city.
5) mother’s day is in may.
Section 2: Correcting Sentences
2. Rewrite the sentences below with correct capitalization:
1) the national museum is closed on monday.
2) james and i are best friends.
3) we visited the eiffel tower in paris.
4) her birthday is in january, but the party is on sunday.
5) my brother is going to the bronx zoo.
Section 3: Choosing Correct Capitalized Words
3. Fill in the blanks with the correctly capitalized word:
1) My favorite day of the week is ________ (monday / Monday).
2) She enjoys celebrating ________ (christmas / Christmas).
3) I saw ________ (alice / Alice) at the library.
Section 4: Short Answer
1. What is Grammar?
2. What are the parts of the speech?
3. What are the other names of capital letter?
4. When do we use a capital letter?
Answers
Section 1: Identifying Correct Usage of Capital Letters
1. The dog is barking.
2. Alice went to the zoo with Tom.
3. I am excited for Eid Al-Adxa.
4. They live in New York City.
5. Mother’s Day is in May.
Section 2: Correcting Sentences
1. The National Museum is closed on Monday.
2. James and I are best friends.
3. We visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
4. Her birthday is in January, but the party is on Sunday.
5. My brother is going to the Bronx Zoo.
Section 3: Choosing Correct Capitalized Words
1. My favorite day of the week is Monday.
2. She enjoys celebrating Christmas.
3. I saw Alice at the library.
Section 4: Short Answer
1. What is Grammar?
Grammar is the art or skill of putting the right words in the right place.
2. What are the parts of speech?
The parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions,
conjunctions, and interjections.
3. What are the other names of capital letter?
Other names for a capital letter include "uppercase letter" and "big letter." or sometimes
just a capital.
4. When do we use a capital letter?
Use a capital letter for the first letter in a sentence.
Always use a capital letter for the word: I
Use a capital letter for the names of people:
Use a capital letter for the names of places:
Use a capital letter for festivals, holidays, days of the week, months of the year:
Name: _______________________________________________________________
A. Write C for common nouns and P for proper nouns next to each word below.
1. London ____
2. Bridge ____
3. Doctor Thomas ____
4. University ____
5. Asia ____
6. River ____
7. The Grand Canyon ____
8. Restaurant ____
9. Shakespeare ____
10. Mountain ____
B. Underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns in each sentence below.
1) Jennifer bought a book at Barnes & Noble.
2) The Nile River flows through Egypt.
3) Michael and his brother play soccer on Saturdays.
4) On Thanksgiving, we saw Aunt Clara in Texas.
5) The teacher gave Emma a certificate.
6) The Statue of Liberty is in the United States.
7) Dr. Adams went to Rome with his family.
8) The library has many books on World War II.
9) My cousin Jack works at Microsoft.
10) Every Sunday, Lisa bakes cookies for her friends.
Direct Questions
1. What is a Noun?
2. State the types of Nouns?
3. Differentiate between Singular and Plural noun?
4. What are proper and common Nouns?
True or False questions
1. ( ) Common nouns refer to specific names of individual people, animals, places, or
things, such as “John” or “London.”
2. ( ) Proper nouns always start with a capital letter and are used to name specific people,
places, or things, such as “Paris” or “Wednesday.”
3. ( ) The names of the days of the week, like “Monday” and “Friday,” are examples of
proper nouns.
4. ( ) The word “Mount” is considered a common noun, as it refers to a general type of
landform.
5. ( ) The abbreviation for the word “Mount” is “Mt.” when it is part of a mountain's
name, such as "Mt. Everest."
6. ( ) “Mount Everest” is a proper noun because it refers to a specific mountain.
7. ( ) Nouns can only exist in singular form and cannot be used to describe more than one
thing.
8. ( ) When talking about one person, animal, place, or thing, you should use a singular
noun, such as "cat" or "child."
9. ( ) “An” is used before words starting with consonants, such as in "an apple" or "an
umbrella."
10. ( ) “An umbrella” is correct because “an” is used before words that begin with a vowel
sound.
11. ( ) “A apple” is grammatically correct when referring to one apple.
12. ( ) “A uniform” is correctly using “a” because “uniform” starts with a “yoo” sound,
which is a consonant sound.
13. ( ) It is correct to say “a hour”.
14. ( ) The plural form of “fox” is “foxes,” as you add “-es” to words that end with "x."
15. ( ) Plural nouns that end in “ch” typically add “-s” to form the plural, such as “witch”
becoming “witches.”
16. ( ) The plural of the word “baby” is “babies,” following the rule of changing "y" to "i"
and adding “-es.”
17. ( ) Some plural nouns change form completely, such as “mouse” changing to “mice.”
18. ( ) “A group of animals” is an example of a collective noun, as it refers to a group of
creatures as a whole.
19. ( ) Collective nouns are words that refer to a group of people, animals, or things, like
“team” or “flock.”
20. ( ) Masculine nouns are used to describe males, such as “man,” “boy,” or “rooster.”
21. ( ) The word “King” is an example of a masculine noun because it refers to a male.
22. ( ) Feminine nouns refer to females, such as “woman,” “girl,” or “hen.”
23. ( ) Common-gender nouns can refer to both males and females, such as “parent” or
“teacher.”
24. ( ) The word “chair” is considered a neuter noun because it is not specifically male or
female.
25. ( ) “Dog” is an example of a neuter noun, as it can refer to any dog, regardless of
gender.
26. ( ) A singular noun refers to more than one person, animal, place, or thing, like “book”
for one and “books” for more than one.
27. ( ) Most plural nouns are made by adding “-s” to the end of a word, like “cat” becoming
“cats.”
28. ( ) “A university” uses “a” because it starts with the consonant sound “yoo” (not the
vowel sound “u”).
a. Classification Write C for common nouns and P for proper nouns next to each word
below.
1. London (P)
2. bridge (C)
3. Doctor Thomas (P)
4. university (C)
5. Asia (P)
6. river (C)
7. The Grand Canyon (P)
8. restaurant (C)
9. Shakespeare (P)
10. mountain (C)
b. Underline the common nouns and circle (Italic) the proper nouns in each
sentence below.
1) Jennifer bought a book at Barnes & Noble.
2) The Nile River flows through Egypt.
3) Michael and his brother play soccer on Saturdays.
4) On Thanksgiving, we saw Aunt Clara in Texas.
5) The teacher gave Emma a certificate.
6) The Statue of Liberty is in the United States.
7) Dr. Adams went to Rome with his family.
8) The library has many books on World War II.
9) My cousin Jack works at Microsoft.
10) Every Sunday, Lisa bakes cookies for her friends.
