Capitalizing Titles Worksheet
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focused on teaching and practicing the capitalization rules for titles of books, movies, songs, and other works.
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Read each instruction carefully and complete the activities below. Remember to capitalize the first and last words of a title, and all other important words. Do not capitalize short words like 'a', 'an', 'the', 'and', 'but', 'or', 'nor', 'for', 'at', 'by', 'from', 'in', 'into', 'of', 'on', 'to', 'up', 'with' unless they are the first or last word.
Capitalization Rules for Titles:
1. Capitalize the first word of the title.
2. Capitalize the last word of the title.
3. Capitalize all other important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs).
4. Do NOT capitalize short words like 'a', 'an', 'the', 'and', 'but', 'or', 'nor', 'for', 'at', 'by', 'from', 'in', 'into', 'of', 'on', 'to', 'up', 'with' unless they are the first or last word.
Complete the sentences by writing the correct capitalized title.
1. My favorite book is called (the cat in the hat).
2. We watched a movie called (toy story).
3. The song I like to sing is (twinkle, twinkle, little star).
4. Have you read the story (little red riding hood)?
Choose the title that is capitalized correctly.
1. Which of these book titles is capitalized correctly?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The very hungry Caterpillar
the Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very hungry caterpillar
2. Which of these movie titles is capitalized correctly?
Finding nemo
Finding Nemo
finding nemo
Finding Of Nemo
Rewrite each title with correct capitalization.
1. charlie and the chocolate factory
2. how the grinch stole christmas
3. the lion king
4. a wrinkle in time
Think about your favorite book, movie, or song. Write a short paragraph about it, making sure to capitalize its title correctly each time you mention it.
