This sentence has an error. My cousin lives in houston, texas. Which sentence is written correctly?

Use Standard Grammar, Usage, and Spelling to Edit · TELPAS Grade 2 writing. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 2: find and fix an error in a short text. On the real test some of these are typed answers or sentence rewrites. Here they are multiple choice so they can be checked.

The question

Choose the best answer.

My cousin lives in Houston, Texas.Correct answer
My cousin lives in Houston, texas.
My Cousin lives in Houston, Texas.
my cousin lives in Houston, Texas.

Why “My cousin lives in Houston, Texas.” is correct

The names of cities and states always start with a capital letter, so both Houston and Texas need one. Choice a fixes both and keeps the capital at the start of the sentence. Choice c adds a capital where it does not belong: cousin is not a name.

Why the other answers are wrong

My cousin lives in Houston, texas. — Houston is fixed, but Texas is a name too and needs a capital T.
My Cousin lives in Houston, Texas. — Cousin is not a name or the first word, so it should not have a capital.
my cousin lives in Houston, Texas. — The places are fixed, but the sentence must start with a capital M.

Practice more of this

More writing practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.

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