Complete Sentences: Capitalization and Punctuation

6th Gradeβ€’20 minutesβ€’CCSS L.6.2

Learning Objective

I can write a complete sentence using correct capitalization and punctuation.

Key Concepts

When writing dialogue, begin with quotation marks, and include a comma before the closing quotation mark when followed by 'he said/suggested'.

They're is a contraction for 'they are,' while their shows possession, and it's is a contraction for 'it is,' while its shows possession.

Use a colon to introduce a list after an independent clause, and use commas to separate items in the list, ending with a period.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence: yesterday i went to the store

2. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation and capitalization:

3. Rewrite the following sentences as one complete sentence, using correct capitalization and punctuation: The cat is black. It is sleeping on the mat.

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