Capitalization

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Capitalization

• Beginning of a sentence
• Proper nouns
• Specific person, place, or thingJohn, Shaw
  Middle School, Monopoly
• Family members name (mom, dad, aunt, uncle) when
  you are using it as the actual name EXCEPT when
  my, your, his, her, their , our, etc. appear
  before it
• For Example
• My mom went to the store.
• I was going to the store, and Mom
  decided to come along.
• His uncle made us all dinner.
• After the football game, we all met at
  Uncle Joes house.
• Important words in a title (a, an, the, of, with,
  etc. do NOT get capitalized UNLESS they appear at
  the beginning of the title
• For Example
• The Road Not Taken
• Gone with the Wind
• First word in a quote

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Sentence Errors

• I am going to the store with mom and dad tonight
  to buy a new pair of nike shoes.

Answer I am going to the store with Mom and
Dad tonight to buy a new pair of Nike shoes.
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Sentence Errors
2. last week, we read one of my favorite short
stories, rikki-tikki-tavi.
Answer Last week, we read one of my favorite
short stories, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
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Sentence Errors
3. Ryan howard hit a towering homerun in last
nights phillies game.
Answer Ryan Howard hit a towering homerun in
last nights Phillies game.
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Sentence Errors
4. may I borrow the car today? Jennifer asked
her mother.
Answer May I borrow the car today? Jennifer
asked her mother.
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Homophones

• Accept take
• Except all but this
• Hear sound
• Here place
• To where you are going
• Too also excessive
• Two 2
• Youre you are
• Your belongs to you
• Then what comes after
• Than comparing
• Flee run away
• Flea bugs

• Their belonging to a group
• There not here
• Theyre they are
• Shore beach
• Sure right
• Hour time
• Our belongs to us
• One 1
• Won winning
• Tee golfing tool
• Tea drink
• Its belonging to it
• Its it is