Capitalization and Punctuation

Links verified on 3/8/11

1. Capitalization - Practice editing skills by looking for capitalization errors.
2. Interactive exercises on using commas - Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5
3. Dear Mr. Henshaw - Find the mistakes in the parts of a friendly letter (a Quia quiz).
4. Edit Dan's Copy - Help Dan edit his news reports. You can pick Level 1 for capital letters and final punctuation or pick Level 2 for run-on sentences, quotation marks, and apostrophes. [New as of 3/11/11]
5. Grammar Blast: Punctuation/Capitalization - Read the question and select the answer choice you think is correct. [New as of 3/11/11]
6. PowerProofreading - Select 4th grade and then select a sentence to correct the grammatical mistakes.
7. Proofreading Makes Perfect - Correct the punctuation and capitalization mistakes in the sentences.
8. Quiz on Comma Usage - Click on "The paragraph, please!" and a paragraph will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary commas in the paragraph.
9. Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
10. Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
11. Which Word Should be Capitalized? - Short answer quiz that is self checking.
12. Word Detective - Read the sentence and on paper write down the proper noun with correct capitalization. Then click on "check here" for self checking the answers.
13. Write Your Own Friendly or Business Letter - Practice writing the different parts of a letter using the correct capitalization and punctuation.