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Tick which one of the sentences correctly uses capital letters.

In this story of the court of king arthur, the one with the silliest name must be sir laugh-a-lot from the town of grinning.
In this story of the court of King Arthur, the one with the silliest name must be Sir Laugh-a-lot from the town of Grinning.
In this story of the court of king Arthur, the one with the silliest name must be sir Laugh-a-lot from the town of Grinning.
In this story of the court of King arthur, the one with the silliest name must be Sir laugh-a-lot from the Town of grinning.

  • Read the question carefully and read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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It is asking you to find words that should have capital letters.

  • Check if there are any proper nouns, e.g. names of people, places, titles, brands or dates in the sentence that would also need a capital letter. Remember to use capitals for each part of these names.
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Names of people = arthur, laugh-a-lot.
Names of places = grinning.
Titles = king, sir.

  • Select the correct option.
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In this story of the court of King Arthur, the one with the silliest name must be Sir Laugh-a-lot from the town of Grinning.

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