Worksheet for practicing capitalization of proper nouns in sentences.

Problem Description:

The task is to identify and correct the words that need to be capitalized in each sentence. The rules for capitalization include:

1. The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.
2. Proper nouns (names of specific people, places, months, days of the week, etc.) should be capitalized.
3. Titles of specific individuals or books should be capitalized.

Solution:

Let's go through each sentence step by step and apply the rules of capitalization.

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#### Sentence 1:
Original:
i like the month of january.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("i") should be capitalized.
- "January" is a proper noun (the name of a month), so it should be capitalized.

Corrected:
I like the month of January.

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#### Sentence 2:
Original:
i play in the snow with my friend, ben.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("i") should be capitalized.
- "Ben" is a proper noun (a person's name), so it should be capitalized.

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

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#### Sentence 3:
Original:
he comes to my house every thursday.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("he") should be capitalized.
- "Thursday" is a proper noun (the name of a day of the week), so it should be capitalized.

Corrected:
He comes to my house every Thursday.

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#### Sentence 4:
Original:
my mom's name is beth james.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("my") does not need to be capitalized because it is not the beginning of the sentence.
- "Beth James" is a proper noun (a person's full name), so both "Beth" and "James" should be capitalized.

Corrected:
My mom's name is Beth James.

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#### Sentence 5:
Original:
she makes us cookies on friday.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("she") should be capitalized.
- "Friday" is a proper noun (the name of a day of the week), so it should be capitalized.

Corrected:
She makes us cookies on Friday.

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#### Sentence 6:
Original:
we make a snowman with our friend jake.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("we") should be capitalized.
- "Jake" is a proper noun (a person's name), so it should be capitalized.

Corrected:
We make a snowman with our friend Jake.

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#### Sentence 7:
Original:
january is a great month.

Analysis:
- The first word of the sentence ("january") should be capitalized.
- "January" is a proper noun (the name of a month), so it should be capitalized.

Corrected:
January is a great month.

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Final Corrected 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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Final Answer:

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