In this lesson, you will learn to . . .
- Differentiate between common and proper nouns.
- Identify proper adjectives.
- Capitalize words.
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Key Terms
- Proper nouns - Words that name specific persons, places, or things, such as Tony Blair, Germany, and Bazooka
- Common nouns - Words that name non specific persons, places, or things, such as uncle, country, gum
- Proper adjectives - Words formed from proper nouns, such as Spanish rice, Christian author,
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When you learned to write, you also learned a set of rules for capitalization of certain words. You may have remembered some of those rules. You may know that you are supposed to capitalize the first word in a sentence and that you are not supposed to capitalize common nouns. In this lesson, you will get a chance to review the rules of capitalization and do some practice exercises to demonstrate your knowledge of those rules.
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On the Test
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On the GED Test, you will have to identify words that are incorrectly capitalized or not capitalized in sentences.
That's why you need to know the capitalization rules. Make a mental note or even an actual note of rules
you have forgotten as you go through this lesson.
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