Capitalization Worksheet With a Vacation Theme

Parents: Paste this into a word processing program. If you have your child work on the computer, turn off the grammar check or it will reveal what needs to be capitalized! Answers are below the worksheet.

 

Circle the words that should be capitalized.

 

1. when my parents asked us to choose an educational homeschool vacation, i chose disneyland. my parents chose gettysburg. guess where we had to go?

2. my sister ashley belongs to the girl scouts of america.

3. this year, i am studying english, history and science, but i will be taking the entire month of july off for my trip to mexico.

4. three of my friends are jewish and three are christian.

5. my pet elephant's name is peanuts and he is gray and purple. if he weren't invisible, you would agree that he is the handsomest elephant in the martin home.

6. i was born in new jersey, but now i live in kentucky.

7. this summer i went to california and swam in the pacific ocean, met mickey mouse, and visited hollywood, although i didn't see a single movie star.

8. we visited some indian pictographs in lake amistad, texas.

9. karen and matthew saw a show on broadway while they were in new york city.

10. i was very excited about going to canada after i read the book anne of green gables.

Answers:

1. When, I, Disneyland, Gettysburg, Guess

2. My, Ashley, Girl Scouts of America

3. This, I, English, I, July, Mexico

4. Three, Jewish, Christian

5. My, Peanuts, If, Martin

6. I, New Jersey, I, Kentucky

7. This, California, Pacific Ocean, Mickey Mouse, Hollywood, I

8. We, Indian, Lake Amistad, Texas

9. Karen, Matthew, Broadway, New York City

10. I, Canada, I, Anne of Green Gables