Grade 7 · English Language Arts · Unit 17 of 20
Capitals & Formatting
Capitals, titles, abbreviations and tidy layout
What your child practises
Children practise capital letters for proper nouns, dialogue, titles and abbreviations, plus basic formatting and keyboarding habits.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.7.C3.1, ELA.7.C3.3 · legible, well-spaced and formatted writing, and capitals for proper nouns, dialogue, titles and abbreviations
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 names a specific place and needs capitals?
- the lake near us
- a lake
- some water
- Lake Winnipeg
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Lake Winnipeg
Hint: Specific place names are proper nouns.
Question 2
Which book title is capitalized correctly?
- The Wind in the Willows
- The Wind In the willows
- The wind in the willows
- the Wind In The Willows
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The Wind in the Willows
Hint: Capitalize the first and last word and most major words, not small words like in, the or of.
Question 3
Which formatting makes a heading stand out?
- bold text and a larger font
- tiny faint text
- no spacing
- the same size as the paragraph
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bold text and a larger font
Hint: Basic formatting helps readers find sections.
Question 4
In dialogue, which is correct?
- She said, “let’s go.”
- She said “Let’s go”.
- She said, “Let’s go.”
- she said, “let’s go.”
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She said, “Let’s go.”
Hint: Capitalize the first word of the quotation.
Question 5
Which is correct?
- Mr. Chen and Dr. Okafor
- mr. Chen and dr. Okafor
- mr. chen and dr. okafor
- Mr. chen and Dr. okafor
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Mr. Chen and Dr. Okafor
Hint: Titles before names and the names are capitalized.
Question 6
Which sentence has an error?
- My brother and I went to the lake.
- My Brother and I went to the Lake.
- We went to Falcon Lake.
- My brother and I went to Falcon Lake.
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My Brother and I went to the Lake.
Hint: Brother and lake are common nouns here.