APPENDIX 1

CAPITALIZATION

Exercise 1. Add capital letters where necessary.

1. we’re going to have a test next Friday.

2. Do you know richard smith? He is a professor at this university.

3. professor smith teaches at the university of virginia.

4. the nile river flows into the mediterranean sea.

5. john is a catholic, ali is a Moslem.

6. anna speaks French, she studied in france for two years.

7. I’m taking a history course this semester.

8. I’m taking modern european history 101 this semester.

9. we went to Vancouver, british Columbia, for our vacation last summer.

10. Venezuela is a spanish-speaking country.

11. canada is in north America *.

12. canada is north of the united states.

13. the sun rises in the east.

14. the mississippi river flows south.

Exercise 2. Add capital letters where necessary.

1. We don’t have class on saturday.

2. I’m taking biology 101 this semester.

3. I’m taking history, English and calculus this semester.

4. We went to a zoo. We went to brookfield zoo in chicago.

5. I live on a nice street. I live at 2558 olive street.

6. We went to canada last summer. We went to montreal in july.

7. I like chineese food.

8. The religion of saudy arabia is islam.

9. She works for the xerox corporation. It’s a very large corporation.

10. Pedro is from latin america.

11. Are you going to go to the university of oregon or oregon state university?

12. I voted for senator jones. A senator is an important person.

* When north, south, east and west refer to the direction on a compass, they are not capitalized: Japan is east of China.

When they are part of a geographical name, they are capitalized: Japan is in the Far East.

Date: 2014-12-29; view: 1098