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Punctuation Lesson 002

Skills - Capital Letters

Use a capital letter for each initial used in the place of a person's name.

Example: J.B. Stevens

Begin all titles of respect or their abbreviations with capital letters.

Example: Pres. Wm. Howard Taft

The word I used alone to name yourself is always capitalized.

Example: Do you think I can do the work?

Put the correct capital letters in the following names.

__________________________________1. r. l. ford

__________________________________2. dr. d. j. johnson
__________________________________3. general grant
__________________________________4. gov. hendricks
__________________________________5. lt.-col. h. m. cates
__________________________________6. j. w. baldwin
__________________________________7. mr. brown
__________________________________8. mrs. brown
__________________________________9. judge a. c. offutt
_________________________________10. sen. robinson
Rewrite the following sentences and use capital letters where they are necessary.

11. lieut. sacks is an officer in the united states army.

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12. "Who is there?" asked mrs. wood. "It is i," i replied.

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13. admiral richard e. byrd has been to the south pole.

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14. i went to see mr. fred thomas.

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