Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 12 of 16
Punctuation Power
Proper adjectives, names and titles
What your child practises
Capitalizing words like Canadian and French, using commas when talking to someone by name, and putting quotation marks around the titles of poems, songs and chapters.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Examine and apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation to develop concise written communication. · commas, quotation marks and other punctuation
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which sentence has the right capital letters?
- In july, we visited the Rocky mountains.
- in July we visited the rocky mountains.
- In July, we visited the Rocky Mountains.
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In July, we visited the Rocky Mountains.
Hint: Capitalize months and the names of places.
Question 2
Which kind of title gets quotation marks?
- a long novel
- a song
- a magazine
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a song
Hint: Short works like songs and poems use quotation marks.
Question 3
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
- Thank you, Mr. Singh, for your help.
- Thank you Mr. Singh, for your help.
- Thank, you Mr. Singh for your help.
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Thank you, Mr. Singh, for your help.
Hint: Set off the name of the person you are talking to with commas.
Question 4
Which phrase is written correctly?
- italian pasta
- Italian pasta
- Italian Pasta
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Italian pasta
Hint: Italian comes from Italy, so it is capitalized.
Question 5
Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
- Can you help, me Leo?
- Can you help me, Leo?
- Can you help me Leo?
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Can you help me, Leo?
Hint: Put a comma before a name at the end of a question.
Question 6
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- The short story “The Red Kite” is my favourite.
- The short story “The Red Kite is my favourite.”
- The short story The “Red Kite” is my favourite.
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The short story “The Red Kite” is my favourite.
Hint: Put the whole title in quotation marks.