Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Peninsula State
Capitalization
Punctuation and capitalization

A peninsula is land surrounded on three sides by water. Which state is made of two major peninsulas?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. If all of the capital letters are correct, write the letter for correct in the space above the sentence number at the bottom of the page. If a letter that should be capitalized is not capitalized, or if a letter that should not be capitalized is capitalized, write the letter for incorrect.

1. Olivia is the geography Expert in Mrs. Martino’s class.

R. Correct

H. Incorrect

2. “Is Fargo the capital of North Dakota?” asked Robert.

A. Correct

L. Incorrect

3. “No,” Olivia said. “it’s Bismarck.”

A. Correct

I. Incorrect

4. “What’s the biggest State?” another student asked.

E. Correct

I. Incorrect

5. “Alaska,” said Olivia, “and the next biggest is Texas.”

C. Correct

O. Incorrect

6. “Which of the Great Lakes is the biggest?” asked Michael.

N. Correct

A. Incorrect

7. “Lake Superior,” Olivia said. “The smallest is lake Ontario.”

F. Correct

M. Incorrect

8. Olivia was able to answer everyone’s questions about the Geography of the United States that day.

R. Correct

G. Incorrect