This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Colons – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colons Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was a close call the sudden gust of wind pushed the helicopter to within inches of the power line. A) NO CHANGE. B) A close call the sudden gust of wind. C) A close call, the sudden gust of wind. D) A close call, the sudden gust of wind,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A close call the sudden gust of wind. 2. A colon should be used after a verb to introduce a list. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Complete the sentence:She forgot to bring several things ..... her backpack, lunch, and water bottle. A) :. B) ,. C) ;. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 4. Identify the correct use of a dash in the following sentences. A) The decision:although difficult:was necessary. B) The decision; although difficult; was necessary. C) The decision, although difficult, was necessary. D) The decision-although difficult-was necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The decision-although difficult-was necessary. 5. Does a semicolon go before or after the conjunctive verb/transitional phrase? A) Before. B) After. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 6. Look at the punctuation of this sentence:My favourite city is Manchester; it has the best shops in the north of England. A) That should be a comma not a semi colon. B) I don't know . C) That should be a colon not a semi colon. D) That is entirely correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That is entirely correct. 7. FANBOYS are conjunctions that connect two independent clauses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Complete the sentence:The meeting is scheduled for 3:00 PM ..... please arrive on time. A) ,. B) ;. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ;. 9. Which sentence correctly uses punctuation with a list? A) For breakfast I had:toast, eggs, and coffee. B) For breakfast I had; toast, eggs, and coffee. C) For breakfast I had toast, eggs, and coffee. D) For breakfast I had-toast, eggs, and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For breakfast I had toast, eggs, and coffee. 10. What goes in the blank? Chicago, Illinois, has been home to several notable American writers ..... Sandra Cisneros, Gwendolyn Brooks, Floyd Dell, Scott Turow, Carl Sandburg, and Shel Silverstein. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 11. Cave paintings, such as those found in Africa and southern Europe; show ancient dancers the dances tell us much about how the people lived. A) NO CHANGE. B) Europe, show ancient dancers; the dances. C) Europe show ancient dancers, the dances. D) Europe, show ancient dancers, because the dances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Europe, show ancient dancers; the dances. 12. You can place a colon right after a verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Choose the sentence which is punctuated correctly A) "What if, " my father worried, "I can't find the car keys?". B) "What if, " my father worried "I can't find the car keys.". C) "Is it easier, " "I asked", "for me to come to your house?. D) What if my father worried, "I can't find the car keys?". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "What if, " my father worried, "I can't find the car keys?". 14. Identify where the semicolon should be placed in the following sentence:Lions are group hunters by contrast tigers prefer to live alone. A) After "contrast". B) After "hunters". C) After "tigers". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After "hunters". 15. Place a colon where it belongs:The recipe calls for the following ingredients eggs, flour, sugar, and butter. A) The recipe calls for the following ingredients:eggs, flour, sugar, and butter. B) The recipe calls for the following:ingredients eggs, flour, sugar, and butter. C) The recipe calls for:the following ingredients eggs, flour, sugar, and butter. D) The recipe:calls for the following ingredients eggs, flour, sugar, and butter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The recipe calls for the following ingredients:eggs, flour, sugar, and butter. 16. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon to link related sentences? A) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. B) I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go out tonight. C) I have a big test tomorrow; and I can't go out tonight. D) I have a big test tomorrow:I can't go out tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. 17. Choose the sentence that uses a semicolon correctly. A) I have a big test tomorrow:I can't go out tonight. B) I have a big test tomorrow. I can't go out tonight. C) I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go out tonight. D) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. 18. Choose the sentence that uses punctuation correctly:My brother has three hobbies ..... he likes painting, reading, and hiking ..... he always finds time for each. A) :,. B) ; ;. C) ;:. D) :;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) :;. 19. Sometimes crucial truths are communicated through paradox. Famous aphorist Oscar Wilde put it this way ..... "Life is too important to be taken seriously." A) :. B) ;. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 20. Where should a semicolon be placed in order to punctuate the sentence correctly?Dr. Martin Luther King wanted a world where his own children "would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" therefore, he used nonviolent protest to fight for civil rights. A) After children. B) After character. C) After King. D) After wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After character. 21. Place a colon where it belongs:I'll meet you at the usual time 3 0 0 PM. A) I'll meet you at the usual time 3:0 0 PM. B) I'll meet you at the usual time:3 0 0 PM. C) I'll meet you at the usual time 3 0:0 PM. D) I'll meet you at the usual time 3 0 0:PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'll meet you at the usual time 3:0 0 PM. 22. Pete knew exactly where he would propose to his girlfriend ..... on top of the Eiffel Tower. A) No punctuation needed. B) ;. C) ,. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ;. 23. Complete the sentence with the correct punctuation:She has a lot of hobbies ..... painting, hiking, and reading. A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 24. The basketball team brought basketballs, shoes, and snacks and they played, ran, and ate. A) Snacks, and. B) Brought:basketballs. C) They:played. D) Snacks; and. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snacks; and. 25. What punctuation mark would you put in the missing space here:Thee was only one way to describe the cake ..... delicious! A) ,. B) :. C) !. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 26. Choose if the following sentence uses a colon correctly or incorrectly.My favorite kind of cake has the following ingredients:carrots, flour, butter, eggs, and cream cheese icing. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 27. One warm summer morning ..... Tiny marched to the village square and pronounced a new law. A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 28. Classical ballet dancers are highly trained, they make difficult bodily movements seem effortless. A) Trained; they. B) Trained:us. C) Trained. Because we. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trained; they. 29. Where should the colon go in the sentence below?John went to the party for one reason only to get revenge. A) Went:. B) Party:. C) Only:. D) Revenge:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only:. 30. I will always remember what my father told me one day after I'd lost a game and was in tears because I'd really wanted to win. These were his words ..... "Your family will love you no matter what. Just do your best!" A) :. B) ,. C) ;. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesColons Quiz 1Colons Quiz 2Colons Quiz 3Colons Quiz 4Colons Quiz 5Colons Quiz 6Colons Quiz 7Colons Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books