FIRST LETTER OF A SENTENCE
The pear was sitting on the
counter.
PRONOUN “I”
I saw her kissing him at the
movie.
PROPER NOUNS
On Tuesday, September 18,
Elizabeth made the basketball
team.
Note: Seasons are not proper nouns.
TITLES BEFORE NAMES
Professor Stone
Uncle Jerry
President Obama
Queen Elizabeth II
SPECIFIC PLACES
Tito’s Taco Palace
New York City
Grand Canyon
ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, AND PRODUCTS
American Red Cross
Starbucks
Doctors Without Borders
Colgate toothpaste
RELIGIONS
Buddhism
Seventh Day Adventists
Islam
Mormonism
Methodist
NATIONALITIES
Brazilians
French (but NOT in french fries)
ancient Egyptians
HOLIDAYS
Thanksgiving
Labor Day
Fourth of July
New Year’s Eve
SPECIFIC REGIONS
the South
Northwestern Texas
the Middle East
NOT eastern border
NOT the south exit
NOT blowing from the northeast
TITLES OF WORKS
The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn
To Kill a Mockingbird
the Divergent series
QUESTION 1
My family prefers to cook a ham on holidays,
holidays,but
but
A
uncle Bart
uncle
Uncle
Bart
Bartisis
isaaavegetarian,
vegetarian,
vegetarian,soso
somy
my
mymother
mother
motherprepares
prepares
prepares
B
C
“tofurkey” for him.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Holidays
Uncle
Uncle
Vegetarian
No change is necessary.
QUESTION 2
Dai is Vietnamese,
vietnamese, but
vietnamese,
butshe
shegrew
grewup
upininPuerto
Puerto
A
Rico, where she attended cooking
cookingschool;
school;now
now
B
she is the head chef at the Cuban
Cuban restaurant
restaurant on
on
C
Orange Avenue.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Cooking School
cuban
No change is necessary.
QUESTION 3
Turn left! We need to go west
west on
on Highway
Highway50;
50;
A
B
otherwise, we will be heading toward
Daytona beach.
Daytona
beach.
Beach.
C
A.
B.
C.
D.
West
highway 50
Daytona Beach
Daytona
Beach
No change is necessary.
QUESTION 4
Katelyn used her last dollar to buy M&M
m&m candies;
m&m
candies;
A
she would have enjoyed a Pepsi
Pepsi to
to wash
wash them
them
B
down but the cafeteria
cafeteriaprices
priceswere
weretoo
tooexpensive.
expensive.
C
A.
B.
C.
D.
M&M
pepsi
Cafeteria
No change is necessary.
QUESTION 5
Juan is taking a religion
religionclass
classthis
thissemester;
semester;he
he
A
likes the professor
professorand
andthe
thereadings,
readings,but
buthe
hemost
most
B
enjoys the intoxicating perfume
perfumethat
thatIsabella,
Isabella,his
his
C
tablemate, wears.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Religion
Professor
Perfume
No change
changeisisnecessary.
necessary.
QUESTION 6
Patrick visited the police
policestation
stationtotosee
seeif ifsomeone
someone
A
had found Squeeze, his 9-foot albino python,
python,but
but
B
officer Rodriguez
officer
Officer
Rodriguez
Rodriguezsaid
said
saidthat
that
thatno
no
noreptiles
reptiles
reptileshad
had
hadbeen
been
been
C
recently caught.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Police Station
Python
Officer
Officer
No change is necessary.
QUESTION 7
Niki is a practicing Hindu,
hindu, so
hindu,
so
soshe
she
shewas
was
wasoffended
offended
offended
A
when Sean pulled into a McDonald’s
McDonald’sdrive-thru
drive-thru
B
to order a Big
Big Mac.
Mac.
C
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hindu
Hindu
mcdonald’s
big mac
No change is necessary.