Grammar Warm-up – Part 81
Proper nouns: capitalization
: Capitalize names of
: A
Places: Bolivia , the United Kingdom
Languages/ nationalities: French , Korean , Arabic
Buildings and public places: the Tower of London , the Golden Gate Bridge
Organizations: the U.N , the World Bank
Names and titles: Mary , Dr. Mary Smith
Days/months/holidays: Monday , January , the Moon Festival
Religions: Christianity , Buddhism
Historic times or events: the Cold War , the Middle Ages
: B
,When a proper noun has more than one word, each word is capitalized
(except for articles (the) and prepositions (of
Panama City – the University of Buenos Aires – the Gulf of Aqaba – Niagara Falls
: C
Capitalize all the words of a title, except for articles and prepositions that have fewer than four letters
.If an article or a preposition is the first word of a title, capitalize it
.The Story of English
.I Know What You Did the Last Night
:Practice
.Rewrite each sentence with correct capitalization
.N1. My cousins are studying french
.N2. The leaning tower of pisa is in northern italy
.N3. it’s on the southern coast of australia
.N4. i visit the city museum of art every saturday
.N5. my uncle jack works for the united nations
.N6. the channel tunnel between england and france was completed in 1994
.N7. She graduated from the university of washington