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Capitalization, Punctuation, Commas, and Apostrophes

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A declarative sentence

makes a statement and is often a fact

An interrogative sentence

is asking a question

Where should the apostrophe be placed? "Johns sisters love unicorns."

John's

Where should the apostrophe be placed? "The students art teacher is wearing a purple dress."

students'

What type of nouns do you capitalize?

proper nouns

Where should you insert the commas? "Emily bought apples pears and bananas."

apples, pears,

Insert the comma. "Hey don't pick your nose!"

hey,

An imperative sentence

commands something

A declarative sentence

makes a statement and sometimes states a fact

What type of end punctuation do you need? "Help, Abby smashed her finger"

Name 3 capitalization rules. Example "capitalize names"

variety of answers

What should you capitalize in the following sentence. "jessie prefers to drink coke instead of pepsi."

Jessie Coke Pepsi

Name three contractions

variety of answers such as it's, they're, etc.

What is the contraction for was not?

wasn't

Where should you add an apostrophe? "The apples core should be thrown into the compost."

apple's

Fix the sentence: "my brother lives in morgantown, west virginia.

My Morgantown West Virginia

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