Worksheet 1: Italics & Underlining
Practice the fundamental uses of italics for titles, emphasis, and more. Click below to print or save as a PDF.
Worksheet 1: Italics & Underlining
Name: _________________________ Date: _________________________
1. Italics or Quotation Marks?
Rewrite each title with the correct formatting: italics for long works (books, movies) and quotation marks for short works (songs, articles).
Original: The book The Hobbit
Original: The song Yesterday
Original: The movie Jurassic Park
Original: The poem The Raven
Original: The article The Benefits of Reading
2. Adding Emphasis
Rewrite each sentence, adding italics to emphasize the underlined word.
Original: I told you I did not want to go.
Original: That is exactly what I meant.
Original: Are you sure you locked the door?
3. Creative Writing
Write one sentence that includes the title of your favorite movie (in italics) and one sentence that uses italics for emphasis.
Movie Title: _________________________________________
Emphasis: __________________________________________