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 <u>not</u> want to go.
Original: That is <u>exactly</u> what I meant.
Original: Are you <u>sure</u> 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: __________________________________________