Writing · Capitalization
Rewrite each sentence using correct capitalization. Type your answer in the box and click Check Answer. If you need help, use Show Hint or Show Answer.
What You Practise in This Exercise
This exercise focuses on capitalizing proper nouns and other words that always take a capital letter:
- The first word of a sentence and of a direct quotation, and the pronoun I: He said, ‘I love reading books.’
- Countries, states, cities and continents: the United States, Texas, Paris, France, New York City, Europe
- People and titles before names: George Washington, Mr. Smith, Dr. Jones, Dr. Miller
- Days, months and holidays: Monday, December, Christmas
- Languages and numbered courses: English, Spanish 101
- Companies, events and places: Google, the Olympics, Yellowstone National Park, the Atlantic Ocean
- Planets: Mars
- Titles of books and newspapers: To Kill a Mockingbird, The New York Times
It also checks words that should not be capitalized, such as school subjects (history) and job titles that don’t come before a name (software engineer).
Need a refresher? Review the rules in our Capitalization – Rules and Examples guide.