This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Ellipses – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ellipses Quiz 5 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence using ellipses to show an unfinished thought:'I was going to tell you ..... but I forgot.' A) An interesting fact. B) The whole story. C) A secret. D) Something important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A secret. 2. Will Smith said: "The first step is you have to say that you can ..... There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 3. Which is NOT one of Kepler's laws? A) Planets revolve around the Earth. B) Planets travel in an ellipse. C) Planets closest to the sun travel faster. D) The farther a planet is from the sun, the longer it takes to orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planets revolve around the Earth. 4. What is the eccentricity of the ellipse? $\frac{\left(x-6\right)^2}{25}+\frac{\left(y-3\right)^2}{64}=1$ A) 0.78. B) 0.63. C) 0.86. D) 0.74. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.78. 5. Which punctuation mark is used to enclose non-essential information in a sentence? A) Ellipses. B) Brackets. C) Parentheses. D) Commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parentheses. 6. In which scenario would you use ellipses? A) To show omitted text in a quote. B) To end a sentence. C) To indicate a pause in speech. D) To list items. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show omitted text in a quote. 7. In an ellipse, what distance does b represent? A) The length of the major axis. B) The length of the minor axis. C) The distance from the center to a vertex. D) The distance from the center to a focus. E) The distance from the center to a co-vertex. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The distance from the center to a co-vertex. 8. What is the purpose of an ellipsis in a sentence? A) To indicate a pause. B) To omit unnecessary words. C) To connect two ideas. D) To show excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To omit unnecessary words. 9. Choose the sentence that uses ellipses correctly to indicate omitted text. A) She said she would arrive by noon. B) She said she would arrive by noon. C) She said she would arrive by noon. D) She said she would arrive by noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she would arrive by noon. 10. What has an eccentricity of zero A) A straight line. B) A large ellipse. C) A circle. D) A small ellipse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A circle. 11. What does the distance labeled "b" tells about an ellipse? A) Half of the length of its major axis. B) The distance between the foci. C) Half of the length of its minor axis. D) The length of its minor axis. E) The length of its major axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half of the length of its minor axis. 12. Ellipses are used at the beginning of a sentence to show something has been omitted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesEllipses Quiz 1Ellipses Quiz 2Ellipses Quiz 3Ellipses Quiz 4Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books