This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Apostrophes – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Apostrophes Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe in a contraction and a possessive. A) She's got her mother's eyes. B) Shes got her mothers eyes.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She's got her mother's eyes. 2. What is the correct way to write the possessive form of 'Mr Jones' shoes'? A) Mr Joneses shoes. B) Mr Jones' shoes. C) Mr Jones's shoes. D) Mr Jones shoes's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr Jones's shoes. 3. What is the plural possessive form of the word 'woman'? A) Womens. B) Woman's. C) Womans. D) Women's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women's. 4. Choose the sentence with the correct use of an apostrophe for a contraction. A) It's raining outside. B) It is' raining outside.TagsQuickeasyChanakyaGrammarINDEFINITE. C) Its raining outside. D) Its' raining outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's raining outside. 5. ''Its" and "It's" are exceptions to the rules, in that "Its" is possessive of something, while "It's" always means "It is." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which phrase has a NEGATIVE (-) connotation? A) A box filled with documents. B) A box crammed with documents. C) A box stuffed with documents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A box crammed with documents. 7. Which contraction is correct for 'he is'? A) He'ss. B) He is. C) He's. D) He'st. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He's. 8. Identify the sentence type: "Although the gates were open, we waited outside." A) Compound sentence with two clauses. B) Simple sentence with one clause. C) Run-on sentence without punctuation. D) Complex sentence with a subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex sentence with a subordinate clause. 9. ..... going to the game this weekend? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's. 10. Choose the correct punctuation:Both Kims and Arthurs dogs are dalmatians. A) Kim's and Arthur's. B) Kims' and Arthurs'. C) Kim's and Arthurs'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kim's and Arthur's. 11. Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place? A) "When it's home time, " Ryan said, "I'm going to play outside.". B) When it's home time, Ryan said, "I'm going to play outside.". C) When it's home time, "Ryan said" , I'm going to "play outside.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "When it's home time, " Ryan said, "I'm going to play outside.". 12. Page 22, Question #65 (Main Idea) A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 13. What change, if any, needs to be made to the following sentence? I shouldnt go to the park after school, I have too much homework. A) Change shouldnt to shouldn't. B) No change is needed. C) Change too to to. D) Change park to Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change shouldnt to shouldn't. 14. Correct the word in the sentence using an apostrophe.How many people got ..... on their test?A A) As. B) A's. C) An A. D) As'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A's. 15. What is the purpose of the worksheets in the resource? A) Learning new vocabulary. B) Identifying correct use of punctuation. C) Solving word problems. D) Drawing apostrophes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identifying correct use of punctuation. 16. Mrs. Majeed frowned as she glanced at the blue team's answers. We certainly hope she smile's when she sees ours. A) Teams. B) Smiles. C) No change. D) Our's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smiles. 17. Fifty cow were in the pasture. A) Cow's. B) Cows'. C) No change. D) Cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cows. 18. Choose the correct form of the contraction for "they are." A) They'r. B) They're. C) They'are. D) Theyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Create a complex sentence using an apostrophe in a contraction. A) She'll be here soon, she's just running a bit late. B) She'll be here soon; because she's just running a bit late.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. 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: C) She'll be here soon; she's just running a bit late. 24. Every morning, Clarissa straightens her curls with a flat iron and reapply's metallic pink polish to her fingernails. A) Fingernails'. B) Reapplies. C) No change. D) Curl's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reapplies. 25. Find the contraction in the sentence:We won't be late for the party. A) Won't. B) Late. C) For. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won't. 26. What should you ask yourself when you see an apostrophe? A) How many are there?. B) Is it a comma?. C) What is it doing there?. D) Why is it red?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What is it doing there?. 27. You are asked to change the verb in the sentence to past tense: "They go to the park every Saturday." A) They goes to the park every Saturday. B) They goed to the park every Saturday. C) They went to the park every Saturday. D) They gone to the park every Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They went to the park every Saturday. 28. Which of the following words is a homophone for "pair" ? A) Pour. B) Pier. C) Pear. D) Peer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pear. 29. Which of the following is a possessive form? A) Johns' car. B) John's car. C) Johns cars. D) Johns car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John's car. 30. 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. 31. Which sentence shows the correct use of a possessive apostrophe for a singular noun? A) The girls' bag. B) The tree's branches. C) The dogs' bone. D) The student's notebooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tree's branches. 32. I wonder why ..... running away. A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 33. 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. 34. 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. 35. 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. 36. Choose the correct adverb to complete the sentence: "He spoke ..... during the presentation." A) Clearly. B) Clearer. C) Clearest. D) Clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clearly. 37. The bags that belong to the men. A) The menss bags. B) The men's bag's. C) The mens' bag's. D) The men's bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The men's bags. 38. 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) Flur; by pronouncing it differently. D) Floor; by spelling it differently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flower; by using context about baking. 39. Choose the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe for a plural possession. A) The two dogs collars were on the table. B) The two dogs collar's 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: C) The two dogs' collars were on the table. 40. 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. 41. Which of the following is the correct possessive form of the contraction 'it is'? A) It. B) It's. C) It is'. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its. 42. A student writes: "The boys hats are on the table." How would you rewrite the sentence to show that the hats belong to more than one boy? A) The boys hats' are on the table. B) The boys hat's are on the table. C) The boys' hats are on the table. D) The boy's hats are on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys' hats are on the table. 43. Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly to indicate a contraction? A) She'll go to the store later. B) She'ill go to the store later. C) She'ell go to the store later. D) She'lll go to the store later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She'll go to the store later. 44. Which answer choice has the most amount of mistakes? A) Dont feed her dogs that. You can't feed the dogs or she'll get upset. B) Don't feed her dogs that. You can't feed the dogs or shell get upset. C) Dont feed her dogs that. You cant feed the dogs or she'll get upset. D) Dont feed her dog's that. You cant feed the dog's or shell get upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dont feed her dog's that. You cant feed the dog's or shell get upset. 45. When asked what would be lost by deleting a sentence, the correct answer will simply ..... A) Describe the entire paragraph. B) Describe that sentence. C) Identify the author's intention. D) Identify the author's tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describe that sentence. 46. The eyes of the Yeti glowed in the night. A) The Yeti's eyes glowed in the night. B) The Yeti eyes' glowed in the night. C) The Yetis' eyes glowed in the night. D) The Yetis eyes glowed in the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Yeti's eyes glowed in the night. 47. Choose the sentence that correctly applies a semicolon. A) I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore, I need to prepare tonight. B) I have a meeting tomorrow, therefore, I need to prepare tonight. C) I have a meeting tomorrow:therefore, I need to prepare tonight. D) I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore I need to prepare tonight.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore, I need to prepare tonight. 48. Frances tried my chocolate-broccoli muffins and made a face. Maybe hell like yours better since you use fresh broccoli. A) He'll. B) Yours'. C) No change. D) Muffin's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He'll. 49. What change, if any, needs to be made to the following sentence? Don't go into my sisters room or she will get mad. A) Insert a comma after room. B) Change Don't to Dont. C) No change is needed. D) Change sisters to sister's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change sisters to sister's. 50. Pick the sentence with the possessive apostrophe in the correct place. A) The dog owner's club meets three times a year. B) The dog owners club meets three times a year. C) The dog owners' club meets three times a year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog owners' club meets three times a year. 51. If the administrators had a party, it would be ..... A) The administrators party. B) The administrator party. C) The administrator's party. D) The administrators' party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The administrators' party. 52. Which word in the following sentence is an indefinite pronoun? "Everyone should bring their own lunch to the picnic." A) Lunch. B) Everyone. C) Picnic. D) BringTagsQuickeasyChanakyaGrammarINDEFINITE PRONOUN AND APOSTROPHES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone. 53. Where does the missing comma belong in the following sentence:Last the girls will eat their sandwiches, drink milk, and play board games. A) After and. B) After last. C) After drink. D) No commas are missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After last. 54. Which word in the following sentence should have a comma after it:Sue please make sure to buy a cake for Sally's birthday. A) Sure. B) Please. C) Sally's. D) Sue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sue. 55. Page 18, Question #43 (Main Idea) A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 56. Where does the missing comma belong in the following sentence:Because my favorite hobby is fishing my father gave me a new fishing rod. A) After fishing. B) After father. C) After hobby. D) After because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After fishing. 57. Which contraction is correct for 'we have'? A) We'v. B) We've. C) We'vee. D) We'ave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We've. 58. Choose the correct contraction of 'they are'. A) They're not. B) They're. C) They is. D) They'ren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're. 59. Select the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe to show joint possession. A) Lisa and Brian's apartment is on the corner. B) Lisa's and Brian's apartment is on the corner.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lisa and Brian's apartment is on the corner. 60. ..... backpack is sitting in the corner? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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