Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 3: Mechanics - Weebly

Mechanics

Mechanics 211

Name ___________________________________________________ Class _________ Date ____________________

Unit 11: Capitalization

Lesson 63

Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations I

To capitalize means to begin a word with a capital letter. Capitalize the first word of every sentence. This assignment is due early next week. The first word of a direct quotation is capitalized if the quotation is a complete sentence. Mrs. Crawford said, "Start with the dictionary." Sometimes other words interrupt a direct quotation. Do not capitalize the beginning of the second part of an interrupted quotation unless the second part begins a new sentence. "Start with the dictionary," said Mrs. Crawford, "where you can find a lot of useful facts." "Start with the dictionary," said Mrs. Crawford. "You can find a wealth of useful facts in the dictionary."

Exercise 1 Draw three lines under each lowercase letter that should be capitalized. Write C in the blank if the sentence is correct.

"do you know," asked Mrs. Crawford, "anybody in history named Webster?" C 1. "Daniel Webster," answered Mark, "lived a long time ago."

2. "yes, he did," responded the teacher. "do you know another Webster?" 3. "I do," ventured Tasha. "did he write Webster's Dictionary?" 4. the other students did not add anything to the discussion. 5. everyone knew a project was waiting to be assigned. 6. "who wants to research dictionaries?" thought Arnoldo. "i certainly don't." C 7. Noah, however, thought that words were interesting to study. C 8. "I want everyone to look in an encyclopedia," said Mrs. Crawford. 9. she suggested topics such as "dictionary," "lexicographer," and "Noah Webster."

Unit 11, Capitalization 213

Mechanics

Copyright ? by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

Name ___________________________________________________ Class _________ Date ____________________

10. "hey," thought Noah, "maybe Noah Webster invented the English language. that's where I'm going to start."

11. "then," Mrs. Crawford added, "write five sentences." 12. "give them to me on Friday," the teacher said. "on Monday we will share our

information." C 13. Noah decided to start right away.

14. first Noah looked in the encyclopedia under "Noah Webster." C 15. He didn't see anything about Noah Webster's inventing the English language.

16. however, the article noted that Noah Webster was an American lexicographer. C 17. "`Lexicographer' is one of the suggested topics," Noah said to himself. C 18. "I don't know what that word means," said Noah out loud, "but I'm going to

find out." C 19. "Then I will know what's so important about Noah Webster," he continued. C 20. Noah looked for the word lexicographer in the dictionary.

21. "well, what do you know?" whistled Noah. "a lexicographer writes dictionaries!" C 22. Noah read some interesting articles about Noah Webster.

23. he was eager to share information in class on Monday. C 24. Noah also wanted to hear what the other students had learned.

25. on Monday the teacher asked for volunteers. 26. Kofi reported, "he was born in Connecticut in 1758." 27. "he fought with Washington in the Revolutionary War," added Jeff. C 28. Marianne added that he wrote a spelling book and a dictionary. C 29. "Webster's Dictionary was the first American dictionary," contributed Noah. 30. he further explained, "Webster put new words in his dictionary, and he

changed the spelling and pronunciation of others." 31. "webster wanted his book to be a dictionary of American English." 32. "the really important thing that Noah Webster did," Noah said, "was to help

make American English its own language."

214 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

Mechanics

Copyright ? by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

Name ___________________________________________________ Class _________ Date ____________________

Lesson 64

Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations II

Remember to capitalize the first word of a sentence and the first word of a direct quotation that is a complete sentence.

"My pen pal," said Mark, "lives in Germany." "How long have you been writing to him?" asked Thad. "Does he have a friend?"

Do not capitalize the first word of an indirect quotation. An indirect quotation does not appear in quotation marks and does not give a person's exact words.

Thad said that he had been writing to Karl for a year.

Capitalize the first word in the salutation of a letter. Capitalize the title and the name of the person you are addressing. Capitalize the first word in the closing of a letter.

Dear President Lincoln,

Yours very truly,

Mechanics

Copyright ? by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

Exercise 1 Draw three lines under each lowercase letter that should be capitalized. Draw a slash (/ ) through each capital letter that should be lowercase. Write C if the item is correct.

Marty said That he appreciated our help. 1. dear Mrs. lamont, 2. Harriet said that You would help me with my report. C 3. "Did Juan finish raking your leaves yesterday?" asked Mrs. Perez. 4. "yes," said Mr. Sakamoto, "And he did a fine job." 5. Your Friend, 6. Sara Jane said She liked the movie we saw. 7. Jeff wants to know If You will go with him. 8. Zorah shouted, "watch out below!" 9. Who said, "give me Liberty or give me death"? 10. Dear senator Smith, C 11. Sincerely yours, 12. did you ask your mother If I could stay overnight?

Unit 11, Capitalization 215

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download