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8th Grade DOL Notes: Week 2
Spelling
1. When you add a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends with a silent e,
keep the e.
Capitalization
1. Proper nouns are always capitalized: names of people, places, months, titles of people,
and family relations.
2. Capitalize the pronoun I.
3. Capitalize the first word in a sentence or in a quotation.
4. Capitalize proper adjectives.
Punctuation
Periods
1. A period goes at the end of a declarative sentence.
2. A period goes at the end of an abbreviated title.
Commas
1. A comma should separate the day of the month from a year in a date.
2. A comma should separate items in a series.
3. Commas should set off quotations.
3. Comma follows introductory element.
4. Commas set off appositives.
5. Commas set off interrupters.
6. Commas should set off a direct address.
Apostrophe
1. Add an apostrophe and an s to make a noun possessive.
Underlining
1. Underline (or italicize) the titles of books.
Quotation Marks
1. Quotation marks go around the exact words that are said. Punctuation for the quotation
should go INSIDE the quotation marks.
2. Titles of short works (such as reports) are in quotation marks when the title is being
discussed.
Grammar and Usage
1. The subject case pronouns are used in the subject of a sentence. (I, we, you, he, she)
2. The object case pronouns follow a preposition. ( me, us, you, him, her)
3. A singular subject takes a singular verb. A plural subject takes a plural verb.
4. Pronouns used before a noun match the case of the noun’s position in the sentence.
(subject or object)
5. A compound subject takes a plural verb.
6. Use a before words that begin with a consonant, and use an before words that begin with
a vowel.
7. Good is used as an adjective. Well is used as an adverb.