Examples of correct capitalization in Grade 4 sentences.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ✍️ Always capitalize the first word of every sentence.
• 👤 Capitalize Proper Nouns, which are the names of specific people (e.g., Emily, Mr. Smith), specific places (e.g., New York City, Mount Everest), specific pets (e.g., Fido, Whiskers), and specific things (e.g., Statue of Liberty, Titanic).
• 🗓️ Capitalize the names of days of the week (e.g., Monday, Friday), months of the year (e.g., January, December), and specific holidays (e.g., Thanksgiving, Christmas).
• 🌍 Capitalize specific geographical names, such as countries (e.g., Canada), states (e.g., California), cities (e.g., Paris), rivers (e.g., Nile River), and oceans (e.g., Pacific Ocean).
• 👑 Capitalize titles of respect when used before a person's name (e.g., Mr. Jones, Mrs. Davis, Dr. Lee, Ms. Chen).
• 🛍️ Capitalize brand names and specific product names (e.g., Nike shoes, Lego bricks, Coca-Cola).
• 🔠 Capitalize acronyms and abbreviations that stand for proper nouns (e.g., USA, NASA, Dr.).

🧠 Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence uses capitalization correctly?

• 🅰️ My friend, sarah, went to the park.
• 🅱️ My friend, Sarah, went to the park.
• ©️ My Friend, Sarah, went to the Park.
• ↩️ my friend, Sarah, went to the park.

2. Choose the sentence where the month is capitalized correctly.

• 1️⃣ We celebrate Halloween in october.
• 2️⃣ We celebrate Halloween in October.
• 3️⃣ We Celebrate Halloween in October.
• 4️⃣ we celebrate Halloween in october.

3. Identify the sentence with correct capitalization for a proper noun.

• ✅ The eiffel tower is in Paris.
• ✔️ The Eiffel tower is in Paris.
• 🌟 The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.
• 💡 The Eiffel Tower is in paris.

4. Which sentence correctly capitalizes a title?

• 🎯 I saw doctor Chen at the hospital.
• 📌 I saw Doctor Chen at the hospital.
• 🔗 I saw Dr. chen at the hospital.
• 📍 I saw Dr. Chen at the hospital.

5. Find the sentence that correctly capitalizes days of the week.

• ✨ We have school on monday, tuesday, and wednesday.
• ⭐ We have school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
• 💫 We have school on Monday, tuesday, and Wednesday.
• 🔆 We Have School on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

6. Select the sentence that shows correct capitalization for a country.

• 💯 My family lives in canada.
• 👍 My family lives in Canada.
• 👌 My Family lives in canada.
• 💭 my family lives in Canada.

7. Which sentence correctly capitalizes a specific brand name?

• 📖 I love playing with my lego bricks.
• 📝 I love playing with my Lego bricks.
• ✏️ I Love Playing with my Lego Bricks.
• 📏 I love playing with my Lego Bricks.