Formatting Titles Worksheet
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on the correct capitalization and punctuation of titles for books, articles, songs, and movies.
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Formatting Titles Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to correctly format the titles.
Remember these rules for formatting titles:
1. Capitalize the first and last words of a title.
2. Capitalize all important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns).
3. Do NOT capitalize short prepositions (like 'of', 'in', 'on', 'for'), articles ('a', 'an', 'the'), or coordinating conjunctions ('and', 'but', 'or') unless they are the first or last word.
4. Use quotation marks for shorter works like songs, poems, and articles. Italicize or underline longer works like books, movies, and TV shows.
Rewrite each title with correct capitalization.
1. charlotte's web
2. the boy who cried wolf
3. a trip to the moon
4. singing in the rain
Choose the sentence that uses correct formatting for the title.
1. Which title is correctly formatted for a book?
I read 'The Little Prince' last week.
I read The Little Prince last week.
I read The Little Prince last week.
I read "The Little Prince" last week.
2. Which title is correctly formatted for a song?
My favorite song is 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'.
My favorite song is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
My favorite song is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
My favorite song is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
Read the sentences below. Underline or put quotation marks around the titles as needed, and correct any capitalization errors.
1. Have you seen the movie finding nemo?
2. My teacher read us the story the little red hen.
3. I like the song old macdonald had a farm.
Write three sentences. In each sentence, mention a different type of title (book, movie, or song) and format it correctly.
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