Capital Letters Worksheet 5: Practice capitalizing book titles correctly.

Let’s go through each book title one by one and apply the capitalization rule:

Rule reminder:
In titles, capitalize every main word — that means nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
Do NOT capitalize prepositions (like “in”, “on”, “at”), articles (“a”, “an”, “the”), or conjunctions (“and”, “but”, “or”) — unless they are the first word of the title.

Now let’s fix each title:

1. ivy and bean
→ “Ivy” is a name → capitalize it.
→ “and” is a conjunction → leave lowercase (unless it’s first word — it’s not).
→ “Bean” is a name → capitalize it.
✔ Correct: Ivy and Bean

2. edward and the pirates
→ “Edward” is a name → capitalize.
→ “and” → conjunction → lowercase.
→ “the” → article → lowercase.
→ “Pirates” → noun → capitalize.
✔ Correct: Edward and the Pirates

3. the big snow
→ “The” is first word → always capitalize first word!
→ “big” → adjective → capitalize.
→ “Snow” → noun → capitalize.
✔ Correct: The Big Snow

4. dad, Jackie and me
→ “Dad” → here it’s used like a name/title → capitalize.
→ “Jackie” → name → already capitalized.
→ “and” → conjunction → lowercase.
→ “me” → pronoun → in titles, pronouns are usually capitalized? Wait — let’s check the rule again.

Wait — the rule says: “nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are capitalized”. Pronouns are not listed. But in most style guides for titles, pronouns ARE capitalized. However, this worksheet says ONLY nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs — so maybe “me” should stay lowercase? Let’s look at common practice.

Actually, looking at real book titles: “Me Before After” — “Me” is capitalized. Also, “me” is a pronoun, but in title case, pronouns are typically treated as major words.

But the worksheet rule doesn’t mention pronouns. Hmm.

Looking at example #5: “the cat in the hat” — we’ll see “Cat” and “Hat” capitalized, “in” and “the” not.

For #4: “dad, Jackie and me”

- “Dad” → if it’s replacing a name (like “Mom”, “Dad”), it’s often capitalized.
- “Jackie” → proper noun → capitalized.
- “and” → conjunction → lowercase.
- “me” → pronoun → since the rule doesn’t say to capitalize pronouns, and it’s not a noun/verb/adjective/adverb… maybe leave lowercase? BUT — in actual published titles, “Me” would be capitalized.

Wait — let’s think about the intent. The worksheet is teaching basic title case. In elementary level, they often simplify: capitalize all words except small words like “a”, “an”, “the”, “and”, “in”, etc., even if they’re not strictly following APA or Chicago.

Also, note: “me” is the last word — sometimes people capitalize the last word regardless. But the rule doesn’t say that.

Let me check online or standard practice for kids’ worksheets.

Actually, in many school worksheets, they teach: Capitalize the first and last word, and all major words in between. Minor words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions) are lowercase unless they’re first or last.

So for “dad, Jackie and me”:

- First word: “Dad” → capitalize.
- Last word: “me” → should be capitalized because it’s the last word? The rule doesn’t specify, but commonly yes.

But the given rule only says: “Titles (every main word) are written with capital letters.” and then specifies which parts of speech.

“Me” is a pronoun — not listed. So perhaps it should be lowercase? That seems odd.

Wait — let’s look at the original: “dad, Jackie and me” — if we follow strict rule from worksheet:

- “dad” → if it’s a common noun, lowercase; but when used as a name substitute, uppercase. Since it’s paired with “Jackie”, likely “Dad” is being used as a name → capitalize.
- “Jackie” → proper noun → capitalize.
- “and” → conjunction → lowercase.
- “me” → pronoun → not in the list of things to capitalize → so lowercase? But that would make it “Dad, Jackie and me” — which looks wrong because “me” is at the end.

I recall that in title case, the first and last words are always capitalized, no matter what. Even if it’s “a” or “the”. For example: “Gone with the Wind” — “Wind” is last, capitalized. “To Kill a Mockingbird” — “Bird” is last, capitalized. What if last word is “a”? Like “What Is It About?” — “About” is last, capitalized. If it were “What Is It A?” — probably still capitalize “A” because it’s last.

So I think for consistency, we should capitalize the first and last word of the title, regardless of part of speech.

Therefore for #4: “dad, Jackie and me”

→ First word: “Dad” → capitalize.
→ “Jackie” → capitalize.
→ “and” → lowercase.
→ Last word: “me” → capitalize → “Me”

✔ So: Dad, Jackie and Me

This matches how real books are titled.

5. the cat in the hat
→ First word: “The” → capitalize.
→ “cat” → noun → capitalize.
→ “in” → preposition → lowercase.
→ “the” → article → lowercase.
→ “hat” → noun → capitalize.
✔ Correct: The Cat in the Hat

6. the giant hug
→ First word: “The” → capitalize.
→ “giant” → adjective → capitalize.
→ “hug” → noun → capitalize.
✔ Correct: The Giant Hug

Now let’s write them all out:

1. Ivy and Bean
2. Edward and the Pirates
3. The Big Snow
4. Dad, Jackie and Me
5. The Cat in the Hat
6. The Giant Hug

Final Answer:
1. Ivy and Bean
2. Edward and the Pirates
3. The Big Snow
4. Dad, Jackie and Me
5. The Cat in the Hat
6. The Giant Hug