Student Resources

Chapter 6: Capitalization

	1.	The words in the sentence Arizona and southern Texas have similar weather patterns are capitalized correctly.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	2.	The phrase State Government is written correctly.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	3.	_____ hired a scheduling expert to revise its curriculum.

		a.	San Antonio Unified School District
		b.	San Antonio unified school district
		c.	San Antonio Unified school district
		d.	San antonio unified school district

	4.	Identify the correctly capitalized statement or set of words

		a.	Cordially Yours, Dear Mr. Valencia
		b.	Cordially yours, Dear ms. Valencia
		c.	Cordially Yours, dear mr. Ungaretti
		d.	Cordially yours, Dear Mr. Ungaretti

	5.	The complimentary closing Sincerely yours is capitalized correctly.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	6.	In published works, prepositions such as for, of, and in are not usually capitalized.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	7.	The words in the sentence The state of Washington and Canada share a border are capitalized correctly.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	Our _____ dues must be paid by the fifth of the month.

		a.	homeowners’ association
		b.	Homeowners' Association
		c.	Homeowners' association

	9.	Identify the correctly capitalized and punctuated statement or set of words.

		a.	The software salesperson said, “a computer-based organizer should be similar to a paper-based calendar."
		b.	The software salesperson said “A computer-based organizer should be similar to a paper-based calendar.”
		c.	The software salesperson said "a computer-based organizer should be similar to a paper-based calendar.”
		d.	The software salesperson said, “A computer-based organizer should be similar to a paper-based calendar."

	10.	The phrase Federal courts is capitalized correctly.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE