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Grade 7 · English Language Arts · Unit 17 of 20

Capitals & Formatting

Capitals, titles, abbreviations and tidy layout

What your child practises

Children practise capital letters for proper nouns, dialogue, titles and abbreviations, plus basic formatting and keyboarding habits.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.7.C3.1, ELA.7.C3.3 · legible, well-spaced and formatted writing, and capitals for proper nouns, dialogue, titles and abbreviations

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which names a specific place and needs capitals?

    • the lake near us
    • a lake
    • some water
    • Lake Winnipeg

  2. Question 2

    Which book title is capitalized correctly?

    • The Wind in the Willows
    • The Wind In the willows
    • The wind in the willows
    • the Wind In The Willows

  3. Question 3

    Which formatting makes a heading stand out?

    • bold text and a larger font
    • tiny faint text
    • no spacing
    • the same size as the paragraph

  4. Question 4

    In dialogue, which is correct?

    • She said, “let’s go.”
    • She said “Let’s go”.
    • She said, “Let’s go.”
    • she said, “let’s go.”

  5. Question 5

    Which is correct?

    • Mr. Chen and Dr. Okafor
    • mr. Chen and dr. Okafor
    • mr. chen and dr. okafor
    • Mr. chen and Dr. okafor

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence has an error?

    • My brother and I went to the lake.
    • My Brother and I went to the Lake.
    • We went to Falcon Lake.
    • My brother and I went to Falcon Lake.

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