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Capitalise Titles
Grade 4 - Grammar - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1
1Which version capitalizes this story title correctly: "a song for lena"?
2Which title overcapitalizes a short word?
3Which title is missing capitals on important words?
4Revise this title capitalization: "a song for lena"
5Why is "A Song for Lena" capitalized correctly?
6Which version capitalizes this article title correctly: "journey to the river"?
7Which title overcapitalizes a short word?
8Which title is missing capitals on important words?
9Revise this title capitalization: "journey to the river"
10Why is "The Bridge That Held" capitalized correctly?
About this worksheet
Capitalizing titles helps readers recognize the names of books, poems, articles, chapters, and reports matters in fourth grade because students are writing longer paragraphs and need sentence choices that guide a reader without confusion. Fourth graders may capitalize every short word in a title, or they may leave important words lowercase because the title appears inside a sentence. This worksheet keeps the work inside meaningful sentences rather than isolated labels. Students choose correctly capitalized titles, identify important words, spot overcapitalized small words, and revise title capitalization errors. The items rotate across identifying the feature, choosing the correct revision, explaining how the word or mark works, and rejecting common distractors. Support versions use familiar school contexts and short sentences. Standard and challenge versions add closer choices, more varied wording, and sentences where one nearby word can tempt a careless answer. Ask your child to read the whole sentence aloud before choosing. Then have them name the rule that made the answer work, because grammar becomes useful when it improves real writing.
What your child will learn
Capitalize important words in titles
Leave short words such as of, the, and to lowercase when appropriate
Fix titles with missing capitals
Compare correct and overcapitalized titles
Worked example
'The Secret of Maple Hill' capitalizes Secret, Maple, and Hill but leaves of lowercase.
Common mistake
Capitalizing every word in a title, including short words such as of and to.
Helpful hint
Capitalize the first word and important words, then check small words such as of, to, and the.