Grade 1 English Language Arts · Capitalization and Punctuation
Build writing skills with five 10-question practice tests covering capital letters, proper nouns, periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and apostrophes.
These Grade 1 English Language Arts practice tests help students make sentences easier to read. Students practice capitalizing the first word and proper names, choosing an ending mark, separating items in a list, and using basic apostrophes.
Complete one 10-question test at a time. Ask the student to read each sentence aloud and explain why the first letter or ending mark is correct. After reviewing the solution, rewrite any missed sentence correctly.
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4. Test
A 10-question Grade 1 practice test on capital letters, proper nouns, periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and apostrophes.
Read each word or sentence carefully. Choose one answer, then open the solution to review the capitalization or punctuation rule.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is red, blue, and green.
Commas separate each item in the list.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is don't.
Don't combines do and not and uses an apostrophe.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Mia's book.
Mia's uses an apostrophe to show that the book belongs to Mia.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Period.
The frog is green. is a statement, so it ends with a period.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Hi, Dad!.
The comma separates the greeting Hi from the name Dad.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Are you ready?.
Are you ready? asks a question and needs a question mark.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is It is warm. We play..
We begins the second sentence, so it needs a capital letter.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Yes, I can..
The comma separates the opening word Yes from the rest of the sentence.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is can't.
Can't combines can and not with an apostrophe.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Hooray!.
Hooray! expresses strong excitement, so it uses an exclamation mark.
The first word in a sentence and proper names, such as people, places, and days, begin with capital letters.
The practice tests cover periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and basic apostrophes.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 1 capitalization and punctuation questions in total.
