Question

candy capitalization. use the color code to identify the sentences with correct and incorrect capitalization. then circle all letters that need to be capitalized. correct - yellow incorrect - orange. i cant wait for halloween. anna read the book the best halloween ever. every year, halloween is on october 31st. i like candy corn. mrs. finleys class will attend the carnival on friday. the girl in the scarecrow costume is melinda. halloween is on thursday. ben and gavin watched the movie halloweentown. mom will buy me a costume next wednesday. give this candy to tucker. central elementary school will have a carnival on friday, october 26th. olivia loves to eat candy corn.

Explanation:

Proper nouns (names of people, days of the week, months, holidays, specific places like schools) and the first - letter of a sentence should be capitalized. Analyze each sentence for these rules.

1. "I can’t wait for Halloween." - Correct. "I" and "Halloween" are correctly capitalized.
2. "anna read the book the best halloween ever." - Incorrect. "Anna" (a name) and "Halloween" (a holiday) should be capitalized.
3. "Every year, Halloween is on October 31st." - Correct. "Halloween" (holiday) and "October" (month) are capitalized.
4. "i like candy corn." - Incorrect. "I" (first - person pronoun) should be capitalized.
5. "Mrs. Finley’s class will attend the carnival on Friday." - Correct. "Mrs. Finley" (name), "Friday" (day of the week) are capitalized.
6. "The girl in the scarecrow costume is Melinda." - Correct. "The" (first word of sentence), "Melinda" (name) are capitalized.
7. "halloween is on thursday." - Incorrect. "Halloween" (holiday) and "Thursday" (day of the week) should be capitalized.
8. "Ben and Gavin watched the movie Halloweentown." - Correct. "Ben", "Gavin" (names) and "Halloweentown" (movie title) are capitalized.
9. "mom will buy me a costume next wednesday." - Incorrect. "Mom" (used as a name here) and "Wednesday" (day of the week) should be capitalized.
10. "Give this candy to Tucker." - Correct. "Tucker" (name) is capitalized.
11. "central elementary school will have a carnival on friday, october 26th." - Incorrect. "Central" (part of school name), "Elementary" (part of school name), "School" (part of school name), "Friday" (day of the week), "October" (month) should be capitalized.
12. "Olivia loves to eat candy corn." - Correct. "Olivia" (name) is capitalized.

Answer:

1. Correct - yellow
2. Incorrect - orange (Circle 'a' in "anna" and 'h' in "halloween")
3. Correct - yellow
4. Incorrect - orange (Circle 'i')
5. Correct - yellow
6. Correct - yellow
7. Incorrect - orange (Circle 'h' in "halloween" and 't' in "thursday")
8. Correct - yellow
9. Incorrect - orange (Circle'm' in "mom" and 'w' in "wednesday")
10. Correct - yellow
11. Incorrect - orange (Circle 'c' in "central", 'e' in "elementary",'s' in "school", 'f' in "friday", 'o' in "october")
12. Correct - yellow