CAPITALIZATION RULES 7 - 15 Worksheet 2

Name _____________________ Date ________ Period ________

PART I: In the following sentences, circle each incorrectly used lowercase letter. Example: Doesn’t your sister go to california institute of technology? 1.

Brandon is helping to coach the broncos, which is a little league team.

2.

In 1947, the Central intelligence agency was founded.

3.

Margaret Thatcher was elected to the British parliament in 1959.

4.

Has Julian done his research for the oral report on united way?

5.

The buffalo bills were runners-up in the Super Bowl four years in a row.

6.

The United states congress was established in 1789.

7.

The bedouins are nomadic arabs in Arabia, syria, and north Africa.

8.

The class’s thanksgiving party is this friday at noon.

9.

It has been over half a century since world war II ended.

10. Last saturday I met a jamaican who was here to tour a nearby college. 11. Marcos and his horse will lead the tyler fourth of july parade. 12. Why don’t we get together to watch the super bowl? 13. I have shopped for clothes from the gap on the store’s web site. 14. My homeroom teacher has a coffee cup from dunkin’ donuts on her desk. 15. aaron and his friends met at taco bell before the basketball game. 16. The steamship great britain, which sailed in the 1840s, was driven by propellers. 17. Have you seen that television series about the spacecraft voyager? 18. My grandfather was given a rolex watch when he retired. 19. The mayor’s office is located downtown in city hall. 20. The gateway arch in St. Louis, missouri, rises 630 feet high. 21. We do our holiday shopping at the galleria mall. 22. A distinctive structure in San Francisco is the golden gate bridge. 23. The leaning tower of pisa, a bell tower in Italy, leans ten degrees off center. 24. The frederick douglass national historic site honors the famous african american. 25. My best friend studies judaism at hebrew school. 26. christians follow the teachings of jesus christ, which are recorded in the holy bible. 27. Guided by the hebrew bible and the torah, jews strive to act with mercy and justice.

28. The planet nearest the sun is mercury. 29. On a cloudless night, I studied pisces, a constellation in the north sky. 30. The brightest star in the constellation centaurus is Alpha centauri. PART II: Write proper nouns that correspond to each of the following common nouns. Example: dog

____Fido_________

31. sports team

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32. holiday

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33. nationality

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34. business

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35. product name

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36. building

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37. monument

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38. award

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39. holy day

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40. planet

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41. star

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42. organization

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43. month

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44. deity

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45. historical event

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PART III: Select five of the words you wrote above. Use each one in a complete sentence in the spaces below. 46. __________________________________________________________________ 47. __________________________________________________________________ 48. __________________________________________________________________ 49. __________________________________________________________________ 50. __________________________________________________________________