Daily Oral Language Rules
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RULE
EXAMPLE
1. Capitalize the beginning of a sentence
School begins on Monday.
2. Put a period at the end of a declarative
sentence
3. Capitalize proper nouns.
I live in Milwaukee.
4. Abbreviations sometimes need periods after
them
5. Homophone
6. Interrogative sentence needs a question mark.
St. Sebastian, Milwaukee, Empire State
Building, North Avenue, Mrs. Clementi
Mrs., St., Dr., Jr.
Their, there, they’re
To, two, to
Who is it?
7. Direct address needs a comma after it or
around it
8. Commas in a series
Susie, please put away your pens.
Can you, John, turn down the music?
I need crayons, markers and pencils for class.
9. Imperative sentence
Clean your room.
Command, request, direction
They’re reading “Arctic Fury”, a short story.
10. Names of stories have quotation marks around
them
11. Exclamatory sentence needs an exclamation
mark
12. Short poems need quotation marks around the
title
13. Parenthetical expressions need to be
separated from the sentence with commas
14. Contractions need apostrophes
You look fabulous today!
“The Raven”
The movie Star Wars, in my opinion, is the best
movie I’ve ever seen.
Can’t, don’t, aren’t
15. Movie titles are italicized
The Hunt for Red October
16. Magazine titles are italicized
Newsweek, People, Time
17. Appositive – noun or noun phrase that renames
another noun beside it
18. Introductory word needs a commas after it
Newsweek, a current events magazine
19. Possessive Noun needs an apostrophe
Jesus’s, Mom’s, both grandmas’ hats
20. Words Confused
Yes, No, Well, Oh,
Good/well, lie/lay, sit/set, borrow/lend/loan
Daily Oral Language Rules
Name__________________________________________________
Daily Oral Language Rules
Name__________________________________________________