Question

focus on writing: capital letters for proper nouns
a proper noun is the specific name of a person, place or thing. the first letter of a proper noun is always a capital letter.
examples:
ramona lives in brazil.
gonzalo is from japan.
the first letter of nationalities and languages is also a capital letter.
examples:
fernanda is brazilian. she speaks portuguese and japanese.
a. read the paragraph and circle the capital letters in proper nouns and languages.
my name is ji - young. i am 15 years old and im in ninth grade. my family is from korea. we speak korean at home. i have one brother, jihoon. he is 13. he is in seventh grade. my favorite subject is science. i have a lot of hobbies. i like to collect shells, and i like to swim. i also like animals. my favorite animals are dogs.
b. choose the correct word.

1. a. dog

b. dog

1. a. egypt

b. egypt

1. a. colleague

b. colleague

1. a. spanish

b. spanish

1. a. a big theater

b. a big theater

1. a. pine street theater

b. pine street theater
c. complete the statements with information about you. remember to use capital letters correctly.

1. my name is ____.
2. i am from ____.
3. i speak ____.
4. the names of the people in my family are ____.
5. the name of my school is ____.

Explanation:

A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, or thing and its first - letter is capitalized. Also, the names of nationalities and languages start with a capital letter. In part A, we circle the capitalized proper nouns and language names in the given paragraph. In part B, we choose the correctly capitalized words based on proper - noun rules. In part C, we fill in personal information using correct capitalization for proper nouns.

Answer:

Part A:

In the paragraph "My name is Ji - young. I am 15 years old and I'm in ninth grade. My family is from Korea. We speak Korean at home. I have one brother, Jihun. He is 13. He is in seventh grade. My favorite subject is Science. I have a lot of hobbies. I like to collect shells, and I like to swim. I also like animals. My favorite animals are dogs", the capital letters in proper nouns and languages are: J in Ji - young, K in Korea, K in Korean, J in Jihun, S in Science.

Part B:

1. b. Did (assuming "Did" is used as the start of a sentence or a proper - noun related usage)
2. a. Egypt (country name, proper noun)
3. b. colleague (common noun, no capitalization needed unless start of sentence or part of a proper noun phrase)
4. b. Spanish (language name, proper noun)
5. b. a Big Theater (assuming it's the name of a theater, proper noun)
6. b. Pine Street Theater (name of a theater, proper noun)

Part C: