Grammar and Language Workbook

232 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Mechanics

Exercise 3 Draw three lines under each lowercase letter that should be capitalized.

the rainbow bridge spans the niagara river.

1. abraham lincoln was president of the united states during the civil war.


2. to get to arlington, cross ross bridge and turn north onto route 16.


3. the official start of spring is march 21.


4. chapter 7 of the book charlotte’s webby e. b. white is called “bad news.”


5. part of the border between new york and new jersey is the hudson river.


6. the ridge of the rocky mountains forms the north american great divide.


7. cleveland is in cuyahoga county, which borders lake erie.


8. “take a deep breath,” said officer ling, “and then tell me what happened.”


9. every thursday i read articles from two magazines, newsweek and reader’s digest, to
   mr. boyd.


10. the jefferson memorial is by the potomac river in washington, d.c.


11. i have to memorize the gettysburg address for the veterans day assembly.


12. “we have nothing to fear,” said f.d.r., “but fear itself.”


13. the five great lakes are in the northern midwest.


14. sandra said the empire state building is on fifth avenue at 34th street.


15. my uncle’s name is emmitt ian clark jr., but we call him uncle mitty.


16. “i am interested in howard university,” stated edgar. “what do you know about it?”


17. can you tell me how to get to hayden planetarium, officer?


18. in new york city, little italy is just a block north of chinatown.


19. i was very young when i first saw the movie 101 dalmatians.


20. the song “memory” is from andrew lloyd webber’s play cats.


21. Wayne named his boat water baby.


22. Those african violets need watering.


23. “You may have won first prize in the lump of loot sweepstakes,” the electronic voice
    broadcast throughout the mall.


24. The Peasant Girl’s Dreamby George MacDonald is set in the scottish highlands.