Worksheet for practicing capitalization of proper nouns in sentences.

Let's solve the "Fix it Sentences" worksheet step by step. The goal is to identify and correct the words that need to be capitalized in each sentence.

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🔹 Rules for Capitalization:

1. First word of a sentence → Always capitalized.
2. Names of people → Always capitalized (proper nouns).
3. Days of the week, months, holidays → Always capitalized.
4. Titles and names of specific things → Capitalized.
5. "I" → Always capitalized when used as a pronoun.

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Now, let’s go through each sentence:

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1. Original:

*i like the month of january.*

Problems:
- "i" should be capitalized → I
- "january" is a month → January

✔ Corrected:
I like the month of January.

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2. Original:

*i play in the snow with my friend, ben.*

Problems:
- "i" → I
- "ben" is a person's name → Ben

✔ Corrected:
I play in the snow with my friend, Ben.

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3. Original:

*he comes to my house every thursday.*

Problems:
- "he" → He (first word)
- "thursday" is a day of the week → Thursday

✔ Corrected:
He comes to my house every Thursday.

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4. Original:

*my mom's name is beth james.*

Problems:
- "my" → My (first word)
- "beth" and "james" are names → Beth James

✔ Corrected:
My mom's name is Beth James.

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5. Original:

*she makes us cookies on friday.*

Problems:
- "she" → She (first word)
- "friday" is a day → Friday

✔ Corrected:
She makes us cookies on Friday.

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6. Original:

*we make a snowman with our friend jake.*

Problems:
- "we" → We (first word)
- "jake" is a person's name → Jake

✔ Corrected:
We make a snowman with our friend Jake.

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7. Original:

*january is a great month.*

Problems:
- "january" is a month → January
- "january" is the first word → must be capitalized

✔ Corrected:
January is a great month.

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✔ Final Answers (Fixed Sentences):

1. I like the month of January.
2. I play in the snow with my friend, Ben.
3. He comes to my house every Thursday.
4. My mom's name is Beth James.
5. She makes us cookies on Friday.
6. We make a snowman with our friend Jake.
7. January is a great month.

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This exercise helps students practice capitalization rules for proper nouns, beginnings of sentences, and days/months. Great job! 🎉