Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Four, Lesson Three: Capitalization

  1. flake
  2. bake
  3. mistake
  4. shaker
  5. quake
  6. fern
  7. spore
  8. frond
  9. rhyzome
  10. reproduce
  1. fiddlehead
  2. rhubarb
  3. transport
  4. shipping
  5. locomotive
  6. tunnel
  7. tressel
  8. railroad
  9. track
  10. engine
Capitalization

The most basic rule about capitalization is that you should always capitalize the first word in a sentence: 


	CORRECT: 
		The train will be here soon.

	INCORRECT: 
		the train will be here soon.
Another basic rule is capitalizing the word "I". 

	CORRECT:
		In a few minutes I will feed the fish.

	INCORRECT:
		In a few minutes i will feed the fish.
You should also capitalize the first word in a direct quote: 

	CORRECT:
		Jill said, "There are seven ants in the jar."

	INCORRECT:
		Jill said, "there are seven ants in the jar."

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