Basic Skills Assessment and Educational Services Presents
Mastering Punctuation
Book 2
Student Book
A Proven Method That Makes Using the
Right Punctuation Marks Easy
MASTERING PUNCTUATION
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Book 2
Capitalize the specific names of all places of learning, businesses,
churches, places of worship, and denominations.
Examples:
ƒ She goes to Happy Valley Elementary School.
ƒ They visited First Evangelical Church on 5th Street.
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Capitalize the names of specific programs and organized groups.*
Examples:
ƒ She volunteers at the YMCA.
ƒ Mr. Davis belongs to the Republican Party.
*Only capitalize groups when referring to them as a whole. Do not capitalize individual
members of groups.
PRACTICE:
One word in each sentence below needs capitalizing. Circle the letter of each word that needs to be
capitalized.
1. Lydia is going to teenPact, where she is learning about politics.
2. He is part of the Children’s book Club.
3. The republicans are standing up for him.
4. She was learning about the AQHA, the American quarter Horse Association.
5. Her uncle belongs to the democratic Party.
6. These shoes are from nike!
7. The play will be held in the auditorium at jefferson High School.
8. We will be visiting the church of God this Sunday.
9. I am reading a book about the beginning of the protestantism.
10. My cousin is donating blood to the red Cross today.
Week 1 – Capitalization Part I
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MASTERING PUNCTUATION
Book 2
Problem Set #1
Capitalization: Part I
One word in each sentence below needs capitalizing. Circle the letter of each word that needs to
be capitalized.
1. We belong to the republic!
2. Our grandparents go to Vancouver community Church.
3. National wild Horse and Burro Program puts wild horses up for adoption.
4. Ralph Nader ran in the green Party.
5. They are going shopping for clothes at macy’s.
Three of the sentences below are incorrect. Circle the number next to each incorrect sentence.
1. This is Will’s third year in the cub scout program.
2. They are presbyterians.
3. He will be going to Washington State university.
4. Joe registered to vote as a part of the Independent Party.
5. Do you go to Leland High School?
Each sentence below has one word that needs to be capitalized. Write the first letter of that word
correctly in the space provided.
1. The Johnsons helped start the church called father’s House.
2. Sarah is an artist and is an active participant of the Mural arts Program.
3. Joe just got a job at kinko’s.
4. Our dog named Jasper just graduated from the Seeing eye Dog program.
5. My parents were raised as catholics.
Week 1 – Capitalization Part I
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MASTERING PUNCTUATION
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Book 2
Capitalize the names of specific historical documents.
Examples:
ƒ They were learning about the Declaration of Independence.
ƒ Abe Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
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Capitalize the names of specific events and periods in time.
Examples:
ƒ She loved to read books set in the Victorian Age.
ƒ The Battle at Bunker Hill was a sad day.
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Capitalize languages.
Examples:
ƒ She studied French for 3 years.
ƒ Can you speak Italian?
PRACTICE:
One word in each sentence below needs capitalizing. Circle the letter of each word that needs to be
capitalized.
1.
The First Thanksgiving proclamation was written in 1676.
2.
The sedition Act was written in 1798.
3.
Andrew speaks german fluently.
4.
The Bill of rights is a very important document.
5.
Many people rejoiced when the abolition of Slavery was passed.
6.
Many famous artists emerged during The renaissance.
7.
World war I took place primarily in Europe.
8.
Can you write the russian alphabet?
9.
She uses American sign Language.
10.
The Industrial revolution is an interesting era to study!
Week 1 – Capitalization Part I
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MASTERING PUNCTUATION
Book 2
Problem Set #2
Capitalization: Part I
Each sentence below has one error; circle the first letter of each word that needs to be capitalized.
1. Many people learned hard lessons during The Great depression.
2. She was writing a comic about the revolutionary War.
3. She is studying latin.
4. Do you think Jesus spoke arabic?
5. The constitution of the United States starts with, “We the people...”
Three of the sentences below have a capitalization error.
Circle the number next to each incorrect sentence.
1. We dressed up to do an enactment of the Boston tea Party.
2. The story was set back in the Colonial Period.
3. This is her second year learning Spanish.
4. Not much is known about the dark Ages.
5. In Finland, they speak finnish.
Each sentence below has one word that needs to be capitalized. Write the first letter of that word
correctly in the space provided.
1. Pearl harbor was a devastating day for the United States of America.
2. Her dress looked like it was from the victorian Era.
3. The Battle of New orleans happened in the War of 1812.
4. The book is written in korean.
5. Her grandparents speak dutch.
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MASTERING PUNCTUATION
Book 2
REVIEW
Capitalization: Part I
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worship, and denominations.
Capitalize the names of specific programs and organized groups.
Capitalize the names of specific historical documents.
Capitalize the names of specific events and periods in time.
Capitalize languages.
Three of the sentences below are incorrect. Circle the number next to each incorrect sentence.
1. The children at skyview elementary school have Spring Break next week.
2. The emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the United States.
3. City Harvest Church is raising money for orphanages this month.
4. Jessica’s friends encouraged her to join campus crusade for Christ.
5. She got a phone call from the insurance company called WellHealth.
Place the correct punctuation mark in the spaces provided.
1. The cold War era lasted for close to 45 years!
2. Let’s order a pizza from domino’s tonight!
3. He is practicing hindi for when he visits India.
4. The Battle of chattanooga happened in Tennessee.
5. We went to a lutheran church when we visited Aunt Jackie.
The paragraph below has ten words that are incorrectly capitalized. Each sentence is followed by
the number of words that need to be capitalized in that sentence. Circle each error.
I am learning about General Robert E. Lee at my school, Parker elementary School. (1)
Lee was in many wars, but the civil War is the most famous one he was in. (1) There are many
famous battles that happened during the Civil war including the Battle of Fort sumpter, the
battle of Antietam, and the Battle of gettysburg. (4) After the Battle of Gettysburg, President
Abraham Lincoln gave a famous speech called the gettysburg address. (2) Robert E. Lee was
also in the mexico War. (1) I wonder if he spoke spanish? (1) Despite how terrible wars are, I
find it very interesting to study brave men like Robert E. Lee.
Week 1 – Review
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