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English Quiz - Capital Letters for Book Titles (Questions)

This quiz deals with capital letters for book titles and follows on from the National Curriculum's suggested awareness of when capital letters are used. It extends the suggestion that capital letters should be used for proper nouns and is targeted for KS1 Year 2 children. Knowing that book titles should begin with a capital letter will expand children’s English and literacy knowledge.

When you read your favourite book, you will notice that the first letter of each word in the title begins with a capital letter. However, some of the smaller words won’t be capitalized, like ‘to’ or ‘in’. You need a capital letter for all of the main words but not the connecting ones like ‘and’. But no matter what size the first word is, it will always be a capital.

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1. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Snow white and the Seven dwarfs
[ ] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
[ ] Snow white and the seven dwarfs
[ ] Snow white And The seven dwarfs
2. There are lots of versions of this story but which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] the three little pigs
[ ] The Three little pigs
[ ] The three Little Pigs
[ ] The Three Little Pigs
3. These animals are extinct but you can still read books about them. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] A guide to dinosaurs
[ ] A Guide to Dinosaurs
[ ] A Guide To Dinosaurs
[ ] A guide to Dinosaurs
4. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Goldilocks and the Three Bears
[ ] Goldilocks And The Three Bears
[ ] Goldilocks and the three bears
[ ] Goldilocks and the Three bears
5. This is a factual book. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] How a Computer Works
[ ] How A Computer Works
[ ] How a computer Works
[ ] how a Computer Works
6. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Lego: basic bricks deluxe
[ ] Lego: Basic Bricks Deluxe
[ ] Lego: basic Bricks deluxe
[ ] Lego: basic bricks DELUXE
7. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Aladdin And The Lamp
[ ] aladdin and the Lamp
[ ] Aladdin and the lamp
[ ] Aladdin and the Lamp
8. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Tigers: Fun facts and pictures
[ ] tigers: Fun facts and pictures
[ ] Tigers: Fun Facts and Pictures
[ ] Tigers: fun facts And pictures
9. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Around the World in Eighty Days
[ ] Around The World In Eighty Days
[ ] Around the world in eighty days
[ ] around the World in Eighty Days
10. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Once upon a time in a big castle
[ ] Once upon a time in a big Castle
[ ] once upon a time in a big castle
[ ] Once Upon a Time in a Big Castle
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English Quiz - Capital Letters for Book Titles (Answers)
1. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Snow white and the Seven dwarfs
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
[ ] Snow white and the seven dwarfs
[ ] Snow white And The seven dwarfs
The words 'and' and 'the' are considered small words and so won't ever be capitalized unless they are at the start of the book title.
2. There are lots of versions of this story but which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] the three little pigs
[ ] The Three little pigs
[ ] The three Little Pigs
[x] The Three Little Pigs
The Three Little Pigs was written by the Grimm brothers.
3. These animals are extinct but you can still read books about them. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] A guide to dinosaurs
[x] A Guide to Dinosaurs
[ ] A Guide To Dinosaurs
[ ] A guide to Dinosaurs
There are two types of books, fact and fiction. Factual books tell you about real things and fiction tells you about made up stories.
4. Which of these book titles is correct?
[x] Goldilocks and the Three Bears
[ ] Goldilocks And The Three Bears
[ ] Goldilocks and the three bears
[ ] Goldilocks and the Three bears
This story was first published in 1837.
5. This is a factual book. Which of these book titles is correct?
[x] How a Computer Works
[ ] How A Computer Works
[ ] How a computer Works
[ ] how a Computer Works
Factual books can teach us how to work things.
6. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Lego: basic bricks deluxe
[x] Lego: Basic Bricks Deluxe
[ ] Lego: basic Bricks deluxe
[ ] Lego: basic bricks DELUXE
Only the first letter of each word should be written with capital letters.
7. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Aladdin And The Lamp
[ ] aladdin and the Lamp
[ ] Aladdin and the lamp
[x] Aladdin and the Lamp
This story is actually told within a story called Arabian Nights, so it's a story within a story!
8. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Tigers: Fun facts and pictures
[ ] tigers: Fun facts and pictures
[x] Tigers: Fun Facts and Pictures
[ ] Tigers: fun facts And pictures
Tigers are the largest members of the cat family.
9. Which of these book titles is correct?
[x] Around the World in Eighty Days
[ ] Around The World In Eighty Days
[ ] Around the world in eighty days
[ ] around the World in Eighty Days
The main character in this story is called Phileas Fogg.
10. Which of these book titles is correct?
[ ] Once upon a time in a big castle
[ ] Once upon a time in a big Castle
[ ] once upon a time in a big castle
[x] Once Upon a Time in a Big Castle
The moment a story begins with 'Once upon a time...' we know it's going to be a fairytale.