This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Capitalization – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Capitalization Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence correctly capitalizes the names of people and places? A) John and emily visited london last spring. B) John and Emily visited London last spring. C) John and Emily visited London last spring. D) John and emily visited london last spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John and Emily visited London last spring. 2. $^{Capitalization Rules}$Choose the word that needs to be capital.i like my school and my teachers. A) Like. B) I. C) School. D) Teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 3. Which word should be capitalized in the sentence below? "my uncle lives in texas." A) In. B) Lives. C) Uncle. D) Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Texas. 4. What should always be capitalized at the beginning of a sentence? A) The shortest word. B) The longest word. C) The first word. D) The last word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first word. 5. Your exam will be next Spring. A) Do NOT capitalize "Your". B) Do NOT capitalize "Spring". C) The sentence looks good!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do NOT capitalize "Spring". 6. I go to Linn elementary School. A) School. B) I. C) Linn. D) Elementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elementary. 7. His sales area includes the ..... A) Midwest. B) Midwest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midwest. 8. Find the error in the sentence:I saw that pirate reading treasure island on the deck. Use the capitalization proofreading mark to show the error. A) The word 'pirate' should be capitalized. B) The word 'treasure' should be capitalized. C) The word 'island' should be capitalized. D) The words 'treasure island' should be capitalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The words 'treasure island' should be capitalized. 9. Which option correctly capitalizes the title of a book? A) The Great Gatsby. B) The great gatsby. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Gatsby. 10. Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:My favorite book is 'Tuesdays with Morrie'. A) book B) favorite C) kill D) mockingbird A) Morrie. B) Tuesdays. C) Both D and C. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both D and C. 11. What needs to be capitalized in the sentence?Today, karen lends me her toy. A) Toy. B) Lends. C) Karen. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karen. 12. Which word in the sentence below needs to be capitalized?My birthday is march 28. A) Birthday. B) Is. C) March. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) March. 13. Is this sentence correct?:Javaine went to school with Cindy A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) Partially Correct. D) Not Enough Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 14. Which sentence correctly capitalizes a professional title? A) My father works as a Chief Engineer. B) My father works as a chief engineer.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My father works as a Chief Engineer. 15. You are editing a sentence: "They planted a new crop into the rich earth." Should "earth" be capitalized here? Why or why not? A) Yes, because it refers to the planet. B) No, because it refers to soil. C) Yes, because all nouns should be capitalized. D) No, because it is a common noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, because it refers to soil. 16. How should Jose correctly write his teachers name? A) Mrs. Gamino. B) Mrs. gamino. C) Mrs. gamino. D) Mrs. Gamino. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Gamino. 17. Sentences must always begin with a capital letter. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What capitalization change, if any, should be made in the following sentence?That's the biggest mcdonalds in the world. A) Change mcdonalds to McDonalds. B) Change world to World. C) Make no change. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change mcdonalds to McDonalds. 19. Which of the following is an example of a monument that should be capitalized? A) Bunker Hill Monument. B) Bunker hill monument. C) Bunker hill monument. D) Bunker Hill monument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bunker Hill Monument. 20. Which of these is a correct example of capitalizing a place on a map? A) Dallas. B) Dallas. C) City of dallas. D) The city. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dallas. 21. Is 'Christmas' written with a capital letter? A) Only on the 25th. B) Only in December. C) Yes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 22. Which direction should be capitalized when talking about a specific place, like "North Texas" ? A) NOrth. B) NorTh. C) North. D) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North. 23. Select the word that is spelled correctly. A) Recieve. B) Recive. C) Receive. D) Receeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receive. 24. What capitalization change, if any, should be made in the following sentence?My favorite season is summer because my grandma and I used to pick apples every July. A) Change grandma to Grandma. B) Change summer to Summer. C) Change July to july. D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make no change. 25. Which word should be capitalized in the following sentence?A city in Canada is toronto. A) City. B) Toronto. C) Nothing should be changed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toronto. 26. Should job titles be capitalized in general writing? A) Only if they are part of a signature block. B) No, unless they are used before a name. C) Yes, only if the person is important. D) Yes, always. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, unless they are used before a name. 27. Identify the sentence with correct capitalization of the pronoun 'I'. A) When i went to the store, i bought milk. B) When I went to the store, I bought milk.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When I went to the store, I bought milk.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 28. Which sentence correctly capitalizes the first word, proper nouns, and the names of organizations? A) My cousin works for the united nations in africa. B) My cousin works for the United Nations in Africa. C) My cousin works for the united nations in africa. D) My cousin works for the United Nations in Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My cousin works for the United Nations in Africa. 29. Nationalities and languages are capitalized in English and Spanish. A) False. You don't need to capitalize on languages and nationalities in Spanish. B) True. Spanish and English have the same capitalization rules. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. You don't need to capitalize on languages and nationalities in Spanish. 30. Which sentence correctly uses a comma after an introductory adverb or prepositional phrase? A) On Tuesday we went to the movies. B) On Tuesday, we went to the movies. C) We went to the movies, on Tuesday. D) We went, to the movies on Tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On Tuesday, we went to the movies. 31. Which of the following is an example of a capitalized holiday? A) Day of labor. B) Holiday day. C) Labor day. D) Labor Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labor Day. 32. Choose the option that correctly capitalizes the title of a book. A) Harry potter and the sorcerer's stone. B) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 33. Choose the best answer.When are capital letters typically used? A) At the end of a sentence. B) Only for names of people. C) For proper nouns and at the beginning of a sentence. D) For titles of books and movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For proper nouns and at the beginning of a sentence. 34. Most of the ..... spoke English on the trip. A) Germans. B) Germans. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germans. 35. Select the option that correctly capitalizes the name of a continent. A) She has traveled across asia. B) She has traveled across Asia.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has traveled across Asia.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 36. What is the correct capitalization for specific people mentioned in the letter? A) Correct capitalization for specific people. B) Correct Capitalization for Specific People. C) Correct capitalization for specific people. D) Correct Capitalization for specific people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct capitalization for specific people. 37. Choose the title that uses correct capitalization:the land of stories A) The Land of Stories. B) The Land of Stories. C) The Land Of Stories. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Land of Stories. 38. Which sentence correctly capitalizes the first word and the name? A) Jennifer is going to Paris next month. B) Jennifer is going to Paris next month. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jennifer is going to Paris next month. 39. The character's name is capitalized because ..... A) The character's name is capitalized because it is an important word. B) The character's name is capitalized because it is a proper noun, which is a grammatical rule in English that requires proper nouns to be capitalized. C) The character's name is capitalized because it is at the beginning of a sentence. D) The character's name is capitalized because it is a title. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The character's name is capitalized because it is a proper noun, which is a grammatical rule in English that requires proper nouns to be capitalized. 40. Historical Period or Event:In which option is the historical period or event correctly capitalized? A) They discussed the colonization of New Zealand during the 19th century. B) A local historian described the events leading up to the new zealand wars. C) The tour focused on the fallout from the Eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. D) We learned about traditional life during the pre-european era. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tour focused on the fallout from the Eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. 41. How should you write the title of a book? A) Capitalize the first and last words, and all major words in the title. B) Only capitalize the first word and proper nouns. C) Use all lowercase letters except for the first word. D) Capitalize every letter in the title. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalize the first and last words, and all major words in the title. 42. Choose the sentence which shows the correct capitalization of words. A) My favorite movie is Avengers. B) My favorite movie is Avengers. C) My favorite movie is avengers. D) My favorite movie is avengers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite movie is Avengers. 43. Which word should be capitalized in the following sentence?My family and i went to the park. A) Family. B) Park. C) I. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 44. What is the purpose of using quotation marks? A) To show possession. B) To indicate a list. C) To show words being spoken out loud. D) To separate items in a series. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show words being spoken out loud. 45. What are the sentences in the middle of your writing called? A) Concluding sentences. B) Detail sentences. C) Topic sentences. D) Transition words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detail sentences. 46. Identify the error in the sentence:i wrote a letter to my family back in buffalo, new york. A) The error is that 'i' should be capitalized to 'I', and 'buffalo, new york' should be capitalized to 'Buffalo, New York'. B) The error is that 'wrote' should be changed to 'written'. C) The error is that 'letter' should be changed to 'email'. D) The error is that 'family' should be changed to 'friends'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The error is that 'i' should be capitalized to 'I', and 'buffalo, new york' should be capitalized to 'Buffalo, New York'. 47. Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct capitalization of the first word? A) the moon is full tonight. B) The moon is full tonight. C) the moon is full tonight. D) the moon is full tonight. A) The moon Is full tonight. B) The Moon is full tonight. C) The moon is full tonight. D) B) The moon is full tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B) The moon is full tonight. 48. On this one page, I see ..... capital words. I am going to list them and tell you why I think they are capitalized: A) Italic words. B) Lowercase words. C) Bold words. D) Capital words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capital words. 49. In the sentence 'she is reading a book', which word should be capitalized? A) Is. B) A. C) Reading. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She. 50. Which sentence correctly uses capital letters for a geographical location? A) We hiked in the rocky mountains. B) We hiked in the Rocky Mountains.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We hiked in the Rocky Mountains.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. 51. Choose the one that correctly show the title of the book. A) The Tale of Peter Rabbit. B) The Tale Of Peter Rabbit. C) The Tale of Peter Rabbit. D) The tale of Peter Rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tale of Peter Rabbit. 52. Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization of the pronoun 'I'. A) I am going to the store. B) i am going to the store. C) I am going to the store. D) i am going to the store. A) A) i am going to the store. B) Can i go to the store?. C) Sophia and I will go to the store tomorrow. D) Nathan tells me that i cannot go to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sophia and I will go to the store tomorrow. 53. Which of the following sentences uses capitalization correctly for a planet? A) The number of people on the earth is increasing rapidly. B) The number of people on the earth is increasing rapidly. C) The number of people on the Earth is increasing rapidly. D) The number of people on the Earth is increasing rapidly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of people on the Earth is increasing rapidly. 54. Is there a mistake in this sentence?:Madina and felix went to the park after school. A) The sentence is correct. B) No, there is no mistake. C) Mistake. D) Yes, there is a mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes, there is a mistake. 55. Richmond is the capital of Virginia.In the sentence above, "Richmond" and "Virginia" are capitalized because of which rule? A) Capitalize languages, nationalities, religions, and races. B) Capitalize political divisions. C) Capitalize the first word in a sentence. D) Capitalize historical eras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalize political divisions. 56. Which sentence uses capitalization correctly in a direct quotation? A) She said, "We should go home.". B) She said, "we should go Home.". C) She said, "we should go home.". D) She said, "We should go home.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said, "We should go home.". 57. In a title, should conjunctions be capitalized? A) Only on weekends. B) Yes. C) Sometimes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 58. What is the correct way to capitalize the title of a book? A) Capitalize the first and last letter of each word in the title. B) Capitalize every letter in the title. C) Only capitalize the last word in the title. D) Capitalize the first letter of each major word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capitalize the first letter of each major word. 59. Identify the sentence that correctly uses capitalization for a historical event. A) I studied about the civil war. B) I studied about the Civil War.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I studied about the Civil War.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 60. Which of the following sentences uses capitalization incorrectly? A) The President will visit New York next week. B) The President will visit new york next week. C) The president will visit New York next week. D) The president will visit new york next week. 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