Capitalization Worksheet Name _________________________

Capitalization
When you are writing, many words need to be capitalized.
Some examples are days of the week, names of states, the word I, and names of special
places and other proper nouns.

Read each sentence below and underline the words that should be capitalized.

1. sacramento is the capital of California.

2. We went to see the Lincoln memorial when we visited Washington, d.c.

3. The university of notre Dame is home to the “Fighting irish”.

4. It was lots of fun to visit the Rock and Roll hall of fame in Cleveland, ohio.

5. Some people have to work on saturday and Sunday.

6. Salt lake city is the capital of utah.

7. The u.s. air force academy is in Colorado.

8. George Washington was born on february 22, 1732.

9. The liberty bell is in Philadelphia.

10. Did you know that Topeka is the capital of kansas?

11. The henry Ford museum is located in michigan.

12. Have you seen the sears tower in Chicago?

13. The alamo is in San Antonio, texas.

14. He does not have classes in June, july, and August.

15. We crossed the Golden gate Bridge going into San Francisco.

16. It does not rain very much in phoenix.

17. the Air and space museum is open every day except december 25th.

18. Mississippi is called the “magnolia state”.

19. Baton rouge is the capital of louisiana.

20. I like to sleep late on saturday.

©2009 T. Smith Publishing. http://www.tlsbooks.com

Capitalization worksheet answer key

Capitalization
When you are writing, many words need to be capitalized.
Some examples are days of the week, names of states, the word I, and names of special
places and other proper nouns.

Read each sentence below and underline the words that should be capitalized.

1. sacramento is the capital of California.

2. We went to see the Lincoln memorial when we visited Washington, d.c.

3. The university of notre Dame is home to the “Fighting irish”.

4. It was lots of fun to visit the Rock and Roll hall of fame in Cleveland, ohio.

5. Some people have to work on saturday and Sunday.

6. Salt lake city is the capital of utah.

7. The u.s. air force academy is in Colorado.

8. George Washington was born on february 22, 1732.

9. The liberty bell is in Philadelphia.

10. Did you know that Topeka is the capital of kansas?

11. The henry Ford museum is located in michigan.

12. Have you seen the sears tower in Chicago?

13. The alamo is in San Antonio, texas.

14. He does not have classes in June, july, and August.

15. We crossed the Golden gate Bridge going into San Francisco.

16. It does not rain very much in phoenix.

17. the Air and space museum is open every day except december 25th.

18. Mississippi is called the “magnolia state”.

19. Baton rouge is the capital of louisiana.

20. I like to sleep late on saturday.

©2009 T. Smith Publishing. http://www.tlsbooks.com