Capitalization Rules Quiz

Grade 2 · English · Quiz

Practice identifying correct and incorrect capitalization.

Questions

1. 'tuesday' should be written as 'Tuesday.'

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   Answer: True

   Days of the week are proper nouns — 'Tuesday' must always be capitalized.

2. Which word needs to be capitalized in this sentence: 'we went to florida last summer.'?

   1. went
   2. we
   3. summer
   4. last
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   Answer: we

   'We' begins the sentence AND 'Florida' is a proper noun — both need capitals. But the question asks which single word needs it: 'we' starts the sentence.

3. The word ___ is always a capital letter when you talk about yourself.

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   Answer: I

   The word 'I' is always capitalized whenever you use it to refer to yourself.

4. Every sentence begins with a lowercase letter.

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   Answer: False

   Every sentence begins with a CAPITAL letter, not a lowercase one.

5. Which of these is correctly written?

   1. my name is alex.
   2. My name is alex.
   3. My name is Alex.
   4. my name is Alex.
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   Answer: My name is Alex.

   'My' is capitalized (starts the sentence) and 'Alex' is capitalized (proper name).

6. Names of specific places like cities and states are called ___ nouns.

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   Answer: proper

   Specific names of places — like Dallas, Ohio, or France — are proper nouns and always capitalized.

7. 'december' should be capitalized.

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   Answer: True

   'December' is a month — months are proper nouns and must always be capitalized.

8. Which word does NOT need to be capitalized?

   1. April
   2. London
   3. jumped
   4. Maria
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   Answer: jumped

   'Jumped' is a common verb — it does not follow any capitalization rule unless it starts a sentence.

9. The title of a book should have its important words capitalized.

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   Answer: True

   Important words in titles get capitalized — small words like 'a,' 'the,' and 'of' typically do not.

10. In the sentence 'she and i went to chicago,' how many words need capital letters?

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4
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    Answer: 3

    'She' (starts the sentence), 'I' (always capital), and 'Chicago' (proper noun) — that is 3 words needing capitals.

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