Proper noun capitalization quiz with answers (Grade 5 assessment)

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔑 Proper nouns are specific names of people, places, things, or ideas.
• 🧑‍🏫 Always capitalize the first letter of each word in a proper noun (except for articles like 'a,' 'an,' 'the,' and short prepositions like 'of,' 'at,' 'in,' 'on,' 'for' when they are not the first word).
• 🗓️ Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays are proper nouns.
• 🌍 Names of countries, cities, states, and streets are proper nouns.
• 🏢 Names of organizations, companies, and institutions are proper nouns.
• 📖 Titles of books, movies, and songs are proper nouns (capitalize the first word and all principal words).

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a correctly capitalized proper noun?
   1. the eiffel tower
   2. Eiffel tower
   3. eiffel Tower
   4. Eiffel Tower
2. Which sentence uses proper noun capitalization correctly?
   1. I want to visit the grand canyon.
   2. I want to visit the Grand canyon.
   3. I want to visit the Grand Canyon.
   4. i want to visit the Grand Canyon.
3. Which of these is a proper noun?
   1. dog
   2. cat
   3. fluffy
   4. Australia
4. What is the correctly capitalized form of 'united states of america'?
   1. united States Of America
   2. United states of America
   3. United States of america
   4. United States of America
5. Which of the following is NOT a proper noun?
   1. Thanksgiving
   2. Monday
   3. happy
   4. July
6. Which sentence is correctly capitalized?
   1. He lives on oak street.
   2. He lives on Oak street.
   3. He lives on Oak Street.
   4. he lives on Oak Street.
7. Choose the correctly capitalized book title:
   1. the secret garden
   2. The Secret garden
   3. The secret Garden
   4. The Secret Garden