Capitalization Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to fix the capitalization in each sentence.

First, remember this rule:
→ The names of holidays should start with capital letters.
→ Also, proper nouns like people’s names (George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.) and places (New York City) need capitals too.
→ Days of the week and months are also capitalized — but here we’re mostly dealing with holiday names.

Now let’s look at Part A: “Rewrite the holidays with correct capitalization.”

1. labor day → Labor Day
(It’s a named holiday — both words get capitalized)

2. memorial day → Memorial Day

3. christmas day → Christmas Day
(Christmas is always capitalized; “Day” is part of the full name)

4. independence day → Independence Day

5. george washington's birthday → George Washington’s Birthday
(Names are capitalized, and “Birthday” is part of the holiday name)

6. new year's day → New Year’s Day
(“New Year’s” is a proper noun phrase — all main words capitalized)

7. martin luther king, jr. day → Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(Full name + “Day” — all important words capitalized)

8. veterans day → Veterans Day
(Both words are part of the official holiday name)

Now Part B: “Rewrite the sentences with proper capitalization.”

9. My mom hosted a turkey for thanksgiving dinner.
→ Thanksgiving is a holiday → capitalize it.
Also, “My” is already correctly capitalized at the start of the sentence.
So: My mom hosted a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

Wait — actually, “turkey” doesn’t need to be capitalized unless it’s part of a title or brand. But “Thanksgiving” does. So that’s fine.

But hold on — is “Thanksgiving dinner” considered a proper noun? Not really — only “Thanksgiving” itself is the holiday. So just capitalize “Thanksgiving”.

Final version: My mom hosted a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

10. We went to New York City to watch columbus day parade.
→ “New York City” is already correctly capitalized (good!).
→ “Columbus Day” is a holiday → must be capitalized.
→ Also, “parade” is not part of the official name, so lowercase is okay — but sometimes if it’s “the Columbus Day Parade”, then “Parade” might be capitalized as part of the event name. However, in this case, since it says “columbus day parade” without “the” or specific title, we’ll treat “Columbus Day” as the holiday and leave “parade” lowercase.

BUT — looking again: the original says “columbus day parade” — which likely refers to the specific annual event called “Columbus Day Parade”. In many contexts, especially when referring to a well-known public event, “Parade” is capitalized as part of the title.

However, based on standard grammar rules taught in school, unless it’s officially titled “The Columbus Day Parade”, we usually only capitalize the holiday name.

To be safe and follow basic classroom rules: Capitalize “Columbus Day”, leave “parade” lowercase.

So: We went to New York City to watch Columbus Day parade.

Wait — actually, let me double-check common usage. Many style guides say that if you’re referring to a specific, named parade (like “the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”), then you capitalize. But here it’s generic: “columbus day parade” — probably meaning any parade held on Columbus Day.

In most elementary/middle school worksheets, they expect you to capitalize the holiday name only.

So final decision:
We went to New York City to watch Columbus Day parade.

But wait — I think I made a mistake. Let me check online or recall: Is “Columbus Day Parade” typically capitalized?

Actually, yes — because it’s a specific type of event associated with the holiday. For example, “Fourth of July fireworks” — “fireworks” isn’t capitalized, but “Memorial Day concert” — sometimes “Concert” is if it’s a named event.

Given that this is a worksheet for students learning capitalization, and the instruction is “proper capitalization”, and since “Columbus Day” is the key proper noun, we’ll capitalize those two words.

Also, note: “New York City” was already correct — good job!

One more thing: In sentence 9, “thanksgiving” → “Thanksgiving”

In sentence 10, “columbus day” → “Columbus Day”

And “parade” stays lowercase unless specified otherwise.

Okay, now let’s write out the corrected answers clearly.

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Final Answer:

A:
1. Labor Day
2. Memorial Day
3. Christmas Day
4. Independence Day
5. George Washington’s Birthday
6. New Year’s Day
7. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
8. Veterans Day

B:
9. My mom hosted a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
10. We went to New York City to watch Columbus Day parade.