Capitalization and Punctuation Quiz for 3rd Grade with Answers

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ⬆️ Capitalize the first word of every sentence.
• ✍️ Capitalize proper nouns (names of people, places, and things). Examples: Sarah, Paris, Monday.
• 📅 Capitalize months, days of the week, and holidays. Examples: January, Tuesday, Christmas.
• 🛑 Use a period (.) at the end of a statement.
• ❓ Use a question mark (?) at the end of a question.
• ❗ Use an exclamation point (!) to show strong feeling.
• 💬 Use commas (,) to separate items in a list or in certain sentences.

✏️ Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence is correctly capitalized and punctuated?
   1. the dog ran fast
   2. The dog ran fast.
   3. the Dog ran fast.
   4. The dog ran fast
2. Which sentence needs a question mark?
   1. I like to read books.
   2. Do you like to read books
   3. Do you like to read books!
   4. Do you like to read books?
3. Which of these is a proper noun?
   1. cat
   2. park
   3. london
   4. tree
4. Which sentence correctly uses a comma?
   1. I like apples bananas and grapes.
   2. I like apples, bananas and grapes.
   3. I like apples, bananas, and grapes.
   4. I like apples bananas, and grapes.
5. Which sentence shows strong feeling?
   1. I am happy.
   2. I am happy!
   3. I am happy?
   4. I am happy.
6. Which day of the week is correctly capitalized?
   1. monday
   2. Monday
   3. mOnDay
   4. MOnDAy
7. Which month is correctly capitalized?
   1. july
   2. July
   3. JULY
   4. JuLy