Lesson 41 1-27-2014
1. COGNIZANCE is___KNOWLEDGE OR AWARENESS_________________.
2. COGNIZANT means__KNOWING OR BEING AWARE____________________________.
3. The prefix “in” often means ______. Examples: _______________ and
____________________.
4. Remember to capitalize ______________, family words when used as ___________,
and the names of school subjects that come from __________________________.
5. AREAS OF THE COUNTRY: Capitalize _NORTH__, _SOUTH___, __EAST____,
__WEST_____, Midwest, Northeast, etc. when they refer to certain areas of the country:
a. The Midwest is famous for its corn.
b. The large __Southern_____ family farms were called plantations.
c. In 1849, many people from the _North______, _South______ and __East_____
left their jobs and homes to go to California in search of gold.
d. Recorded history began in the _Middle East______.
6. DO NOT capitalize these words when they indicate a __DIRECTION_____.
Examples:
a. Christie lives __south___ of the foothills and __north__ of the center of town.
b. New Jersey is _east_____ of Pennsylvania.
c. The Nile River flows from _south___ to _north____.
7. RELIGIOUS REFERENCES: Capitalize religions and their members, works regarded as
sacred, and references to a supreme being. Examples:
a. My best friend is _Jewish_____
b. __Muslims_______ worship __Allah____.
c. The __Presbyterians_______ organized a weekend retreat.
8. Those passages are from the _King James Bible_________.
9. GREETING AND CLOSING OF A LETTER: Capitalize the first words in the greeting and
closing of a letter. For example:
a. ___Dear_____ Beth,
b. _My___ generous uncle,
c. _To__ whom it may concern:
d. _Yours__ truly,
e. __Sincerely____,
10.REWRITE these sentences with correct capitalization:
a. When I visited the South, I ate catfish and grits.
b. Please look at the northwest corner of the map.
11.Dear Mom,
I miss you so much.
Your daughter,
Maria
12. Review: TANGIBLE means_____YOU CAN TOUCH IT________________________.
13.DOGMATIC means__ARROGANT IN A BELIEF______________.
14.ENCUMBRANCE:__A BURDEN_______________________.
15.Chris’s is a possessive OR plural noun? POSSESSIVE
16.lazy + ness= LAZINESS
day + ly= DAILY
acquit + ed= ACQUITTED
mad + ness= MADNESS
17.Which word is spelled correctly?
a. piece/peice
b. conceit/conciet
18.Underline the words that need to be capitalized:
a. mommy goes to the baptist church when she is in the south.
b. “the lord of the rings”
19.Complete sentence, fragment or run-on? To eat nachos with corn salsa from Chipotle.
FRAGMENT
20.Circle the silent letters:
a. align
b. crumb
c. hour
21.Correct this run-on sentence: The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in the
country. Huck Finn talks about it in his book.
22.Declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory? Mark Twain was from
Connecticut. DECLARATIVE
23.What is the present tense of “try”? TRIES