Capitalization and Punctuation Flashcards
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Which sentence correctly uses commas with an introductory clause?
Answer: After the rain stopped, we went outside.
A comma is placed after an introductory dependent clause before the main clause.
Which sentence correctly uses a possessive apostrophe?
Answer: The dog's bone was buried in the yard.
A singular possessive is formed by adding 's to the owner, so 'dog's bone' shows one dog owns the bone.
Which sentence uses capital letters correctly for a person's title?
Answer: We met President Johnson at the parade.
When a title directly precedes a person's name, both the title and name are capitalized as part of the proper noun.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly at the end?
Answer: How amazing that was!
An exclamatory sentence expressing strong emotion ends with an exclamation point.
Which word should NOT be capitalized in the sentence 'My Uncle lives in the South.'?
Answer: Uncle
Family titles like 'uncle' are only capitalized when used as a name or directly before one; here it is used with 'My', so it should be lowercase.
Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks for a title of a short story?
Answer: I read "The Gift of the Magi" last night.
Titles of short stories are enclosed in double quotation marks, not italics, single quotes, or parentheses.
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
Answer: I was tired; I finished my homework anyway.
A semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.