Grammar and Language Workbook

6. Why did you decide to fly with United Air Lines on an Airbus this time, Uncle Harry?
7. Monica’s father is one-half irish, one-half cherokee.
8. Jimi Hendrix, Richard Thompson, and Eric Clapton all played Fender Stratocaster Guitars.
9. The main speaker at the world health organization meeting was the Prime Minister of
Pakistan.
10. Melinda gave a presentation on southern California’s death valley, the lowest place in
the Country.
11. In the novel War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, creatures from Mars invade the earth.
12. Tom Hanks won the oscar for best actor two years in a row.

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Lesson 74
Capitalization of Proper Adjectives
Capitalize proper adjectives (adjectives formed from proper nouns). Proper adjectives
include adjectives formed from names of people.
Elizabethan literature
Newtonian physics
Gregorian calendar
They also include adjectives formed from place names and the names of national, ethnic,
and religious groups.
Roman architecture
Middle Eastern conflict
Buddhist temples
Alaskan salmon
When used as adjectives, many proper nouns do not change form.
Strauss waltzes
Washington apples
White House assistant
New York police officer
 Exercise 1
Place a check (
✔) beside each sentence that uses capitalization correctly.
✔
In New Mexico, we attended a performance of Native-American dances.
1. The subject of the lecture was great shakespearean heroines, including Juliet, Portia,
and Cleopatra.
2. The local museum has just opened a new room devoted to Far Eastern art.
3. The famous astronomer strongly supported continuing Martian exploration.