Capitalization - All Things Grammar - Free Printable

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and fix the capitalization mistakes. Remember:
- Names of people, places, countries, cities, schools, languages, days, months, holidays, and titles (like “Mr.”) should be capitalized.
- The first word of every sentence must be capitalized.
- Words like “university” or “school” are only capitalized if they’re part of a proper name (like “Cambridge University”).

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Sentence 1:
*My classmate is from sweden.*
→ “sweden” should be Sweden (country name).
✔ Fixed: *My classmate is from Sweden.*

Sentence 2:
*Chris drove to the University yesterday.*
→ “University” is not part of a specific school name here — it’s just a regular noun. So it should be lowercase.
✔ Fixed: *Chris drove to the university yesterday.*

Sentence 3:
*I study in the library every Tuesday afternoon.*
→ This is correct! “Tuesday” is a day → capitalized. No other errors.
✔ Already correct → put a checkmark next to this one.

Sentence 4:
*We saw lions, tigers and camels at the zoo.*
→ All animals and “zoo” are common nouns → no capital needed. But wait — we need to find ONE mistake per sentence. Actually, this sentence has NO capitalization error.
Wait — let’s double-check:
- First word “We” → good.
- Animals → not proper names → lowercase OK.
- “zoo” → not a specific zoo → lowercase OK.
So actually, this sentence is also correct? But the instructions say there are TEN mistakes total, and SIX sentences with no mistakes. Let’s keep going and come back.

Actually — hold on. Sentence 4 might be intended to have an error? Or maybe not. Let’s look again later. For now, mark as possibly correct.

But wait — the instruction says: “Find and correct the TEN mistakes below (one mistake per sentence).” That means 10 sentences have exactly one mistake each. And 6 sentences have NO mistakes.

Total sentences = 16. So 10 with mistakes, 6 without.

Let’s continue.

Sentence 5:
*maybe Carla will see a movie tonight.*
→ First word “maybe” should be capitalized → Maybe
Also, “Carla” is already capitalized → good.
✔ Fixed: *Maybe Carla will see a movie tonight.*

Sentence 6:
*My family and i live in an apartment building.*
→ “i” should be I (always capitalize “I”)
✔ Fixed: *My family and I live in an apartment building.*

Sentence 7:
*Peru is located in south America.*
→ “south America” → should be South America (it’s a continent → proper noun)
✔ Fixed: *Peru is located in South America.*

Sentence 8:
*Did You talk to our teacher last week?*
→ “You” is not at the start of the sentence and isn’t a proper noun → should be lowercase → you
✔ Fixed: *Did you talk to our teacher last week?*

Sentence 9:
*Let's get out our telescope and look at the moon.*
→ “moon” — when referring to Earth’s moon, it’s often capitalized? Wait — actually, in most school-level grammar, “moon” is NOT capitalized unless it’s part of a title or being personified. But technically, “the Moon” (Earth’s moon) is sometimes capitalized. However, in standard elementary/middle school rules, it’s usually left lowercase unless specified.
BUT — let’s check: Is there another error?
First word “Let’s” → good.
No other obvious errors. Hmm. Maybe this sentence is correct? Or maybe “moon” should be capitalized?
Actually, according to many style guides, “moon” is not capitalized unless it’s used with “the” and refers specifically to Earth’s moon — but even then, it’s optional. In school worksheets, they often expect “Moon” to be capitalized when referring to Earth’s moon.
Let’s assume for this worksheet, they want “Moon” capitalized.
✔ Fixed: *Let's get out our telescope and look at the Moon.*

But wait — let’s compare with sentence 13: “Star wars movie” — that’s clearly wrong. So maybe sentence 9 is meant to be correct? Let’s hold off and count how many we’ve found so far.

Alternatively, perhaps sentence 9 has no error? Let’s list what we have:

Mistakes found so far:
1. sweden → Sweden
2. University → university
5. maybe → Maybe
6. i → I
7. south America → South America
8. You → you
That’s 6 mistakes.

We need 10 total.

Continue.

Sentence 10:
*I ordered a cheeseburger and soda at the school cafeteria.*
→ All words seem correctly capitalized. “school cafeteria” is not a proper name → lowercase OK.
→ Probably correct → save for checkmark later.

Sentence 11:
*I can speak three languages, but I can't speak german.*
→ “german” → language → must be capitalized → German
✔ Fixed: *I can speak three languages, but I can't speak German.*

Sentence 12:
*Cambridge University is one of the oldest universities in the world.*
→ “Cambridge University” is a proper name → correctly capitalized.
→ Rest of sentence looks good.
→ Probably correct → save for checkmark.

Sentence 13:
*Thomas really wants to see the new Star wars movie at the theater.*
→ “Star wars” → should be Star Wars (title of movie franchise → both words capitalized)
✔ Fixed: *Thomas really wants to see the new Star Wars movie at the theater.*

Sentence 14:
*Will you be able to come to the picnic on the weekend?*
→ All words correctly capitalized. “weekend” is not a proper noun → lowercase OK.
→ Probably correct → save for checkmark.

Sentence 15:
*Did you know that mr. Johnson is a policeman?*
→ “mr.” → should be Mr. (title before name → capitalize and period)
✔ Fixed: *Did you know that Mr. Johnson is a policeman?*

Sentence 16:
*They want to meet us at seven O'clock tomorrow night.*
→ “O'clock” → should be o’clock (not capitalized; it’s a contraction of “of the clock”)
Also, “seven” is fine lowercase.
✔ Fixed: *They want to meet us at seven o’clock tomorrow night.*

Now let’s recount the mistakes we fixed:

1. sweden → Sweden
2. University → university
5. maybe → Maybe
6. i → I
7. south America → South America
8. You → you
11. german → German
13. Star wars → Star Wars
15. mr. → Mr.
16. O'clock → o’clock

That’s 10 mistakes! Perfect.

Now, which sentences had NO mistakes? We said:

Sentence 3: Correct → ✔
Sentence 4: We thought maybe correct — let’s confirm:
“We saw lions, tigers and camels at the zoo.”
→ All common nouns, first word capitalized → yes, correct → ✔
Sentence 10: “I ordered a cheeseburger...” → all good → ✔
Sentence 12: “Cambridge University...” → correct → ✔
Sentence 14: “Will you be able...” → correct → ✔
Sentence 9: We were unsure about “moon”. But since we already have 10 mistakes identified, and sentence 9 doesn’t have an obvious required correction in basic grammar (many styles don’t capitalize “moon”), we’ll consider it correct → ✔

Wait — that’s 6 correct sentences: 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14.

Yes! Matches the instruction: 6 sentences with no mistakes.

So final corrections:

1. My classmate is from Sweden.
2. Chris drove to the university yesterday.
3. ✓ (no mistake)
4. ✓ (no mistake)
5. Maybe Carla will see a movie tonight.
6. My family and I live in an apartment building.
7. Peru is located in South America.
8. Did you talk to our teacher last week?
9. ✓ (no mistake)
10. ✓ (no mistake)
11. I can speak three languages, but I can't speak German.
12. ✓ (no mistake)
13. Thomas really wants to see the new Star Wars movie at the theater.
14. ✓ (no mistake)
15. Did you know that Mr. Johnson is a policeman?
16. They want to meet us at seven o’clock tomorrow night.

Final Answer:
1. Sweden
2. university
3. ✓
4. ✓
5. Maybe
6. I
7. South America
8. you
9. ✓
10. ✓
11. German
12. ✓
13. Star Wars
14. ✓
15. Mr.
16. o’clock