This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Apostrophes – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Apostrophes Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of the worksheets in the resource? A) Identifying correct use of punctuation. B) Drawing apostrophes. C) Learning new vocabulary. D) Solving word problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identifying correct use of punctuation. 2. Mrs. Majeed frowned as she glanced at the blue team's answers. We certainly hope she smile's when she sees ours. A) Smiles. B) No change. C) Our's. D) Teams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiles. 3. Fifty cow were in the pasture. A) Cows. B) Cows'. C) No change. D) Cow's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cows. 4. Choose the correct form of the contraction for "they are." A) They're. B) Theyre. C) They'are. D) They'r. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're. 5. Choose the correct sentence with apostrophes for possession: A) The cat tail was fluffy. B) The cats' tail was fluffy. C) The cat's tail was fluffy. D) The cats tail was fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat's tail was fluffy. 6. Convert the following sentence to use the correct plural noun: "The leaf fell from the tree." A) The leafs fell from the tree. B) The leaves fell from the tree. C) The leafes fell from the tree. D) The leaves falled from the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The leaves fell from the tree. 7. Upon hearing the news of the mayor's choice for city dog catcher, the citys residents took up a petition to show their disapproval. A) Cities. B) City's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) City's. 8. True or False:Apostrophes are added on more than one plural A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Using the word, its' (which places an apostrophe after "its"), is grammatically correct in some cases. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Create a complex sentence using an apostrophe in a contraction. A) She'll be here soon; because she's just running a bit late.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. B) She'll be here soon, she's just running a bit late. C) She'll be here soon:she's just running a bit late. D) She'll be here soon; she's just running a bit late. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She'll be here soon; she's just running a bit late. 11. Every morning, Clarissa straightens her curls with a flat iron and reapply's metallic pink polish to her fingernails. A) Fingernails'. B) Curl's. C) Reapplies. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reapplies. 12. Find the contraction in the sentence:We won't be late for the party. A) Be. B) For. C) Late. D) Won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Won't. 13. What should you ask yourself when you see an apostrophe? A) How many are there?. B) What is it doing there?. C) Why is it red?. D) Is it a comma?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is it doing there?. 14. You are asked to change the verb in the sentence to past tense: "They go to the park every Saturday." A) They gone to the park every Saturday. B) They went to the park every Saturday. C) They goes to the park every Saturday. D) They goed to the park every Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They went to the park every Saturday. 15. Which of the following words is a homophone for "pair" ? A) Pier. B) Pour. C) Pear. D) Peer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pear. 16. Which of the following is a possessive form? A) John's car. B) Johns car. C) Johns cars. D) Johns' car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John's car. 17. Select the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe for a contraction. A) It's going to rain today. B) Its going to rain today.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's going to rain today. 18. Which sentence shows the correct use of a possessive apostrophe for a singular noun? A) The dogs' bone. B) The tree's branches. C) The student's notebooks. D) The girls' bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tree's branches. 19. I wonder why ..... running away. A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 20. Choose the sentence that correctly applies a colon. A) He wanted to visit three cities:Paris, London, and Rome. B) He wanted to visit three cities; Paris, London, and Rome. C) He wanted to visit three cities Paris, London, and Rome. D) He wanted to visit three cities:Paris; London; and Rome.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to visit three cities:Paris, London, and Rome. 21. Apostrophes are only used to show that something belongs to someone. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Most toddlers would say chocolate is better ..... broccoli. A) Than. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Than. 23. Choose the correct contraction of 'I am' A) I'be. B) I'mn't. C) I'm. D) I'v. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm. 24. Which of the following is the correct possessive form of the word 'cat'? A) Cat'ss. B) Cat's. C) Cat's'. D) Cats'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat's. 25. Choose the correct adverb to complete the sentence: "He spoke ..... during the presentation." A) Clearer. B) Clearly. C) Clear. D) Clearest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clearly. 26. The bags that belong to the men. A) The mens' bag's. B) The men's bags. C) The men's bag's. D) The menss bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The men's bags. 27. You hear the word "flour" in a sentence about baking. Which homophone could be confused with it, and how would you clarify the meaning in writing? A) Flower; by using context about baking. B) Fluer; by using a dictionary. C) Floor; by spelling it differently. D) Flur; by pronouncing it differently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flower; by using context about baking. 28. Choose the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe for a plural possession. A) The two dogs collar's were on the table. B) The two dogs' collars were on the table. C) The two dogs collars were on the table. D) The two dog's collars were on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The two dogs' collars were on the table. 29. What is the purpose of a possessive apostrophe? A) To indicate possession or ownership. B) To form the plural of lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. C) To join two words by replacing missing letters. D) To indicate the omission of letters in abbreviations or acronyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To indicate possession or ownership. 30. Which of the following is the correct possessive form of the contraction 'it is'? A) It. B) It is'. C) Its. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesApostrophes Quiz 1Apostrophes Quiz 2Apostrophes Quiz 3Apostrophes Quiz 4Apostrophes Quiz 5Apostrophes Quiz 6Apostrophes Quiz 7Apostrophes Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books