This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Abbreviations – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This mark has the following varieties:aside, defining, example, emphatic, & dialogue. A) Comma. B) Ellipses. C) Dash. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dash. 2. How many dots should an ellipsis have? A) 2. B) 6. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 3. ..... go before and after the speaker's exact words. A) Question marks. B) Tag lines. C) Quotation marks. D) Commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 4. Which Punctuation do we add in the blank?How are you Today ..... A) ?. B) !. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 5. The exclamation mark is only used to indicate when someone is angry. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 6. Use two abbreviations for:Tuesday, September 11 A) Tues., Sept. 11. B) Tues, Sep. 11. C) Correct. D) Tue., Sept. 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tues., Sept. 11. 7. Which sentence demonstrates correct punctuation? A) The teacher told her students; "You must come to class prepared if you want to master this subject.". B) The crowd gasped as the circus trapeze artists' acrobatically leapt from one rope to another. C) The drivers frequently disregarded the school zone:therefore, a police officer began giving tickets. D) The college's admissions board evaluates three things:attendance, community service, and grades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The college's admissions board evaluates three things:attendance, community service, and grades. 8. Punctuate the following sentence correctly.Because my pizza had gotten cold I heated it in the microwave. A) Comma after Because. B) No comma needed. C) Comma after heated. D) Comma after cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma after cold. 9. -Which of the following answers refers to COMMA. A) It is used when you end a complete sentence. B) It is used when we want to connect two simple sentences. C) It is used in abbreviations. D) It is used when separates two sentences when there is a combining word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is used when separates two sentences when there is a combining word. 10. Which are good practicing cues. A) Strike the Enter key quickly and return back to home position. B) Check the screen and make corrections before pressing Enter. C) Keep up your pace to the end of the line. D) When typing a line two times, type it faster the second time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Check the screen and make corrections before pressing Enter. 11. How do you properly correct this sentence?i want to go to the grand canyon in december. A) I want to go to the Grand canyon in december. B) I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December. C) I want to go to the grand canyon in december. D) I want to go to the grand canyon in December. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December. 12. This punctuation mark is used to separate numerals 21 to 99 when they are spelled out. A) Apostrophe. B) Colon. C) Semicolon. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 13. A semicolon works like a FANBOY and comma. It joins sentences together. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or False:In the sentence "I thought I had my keys, but now ..... ", the ellipsis ( ..... ) is used correctly to show an unfinished thought. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Why are you upset A) ,. B) ?. C) . D) Capital letter. E) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 16. Choose the interjection that is punctuated correctly. A) Wow! That's the biggest pizza I ever saw!. B) Ugh, What a mess!. C) Hey what are you doing?. D) Oops. I dropped it on the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wow! That's the biggest pizza I ever saw!. 17. Drew Hayden Taylor's critique of Stephen Harper's apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. A) Sentence fragment. B) No error. C) Comma splice. D) Run-on sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence fragment. 18. Choose the correct punctuation to fill in the blank:The instructions were clear ..... do not open the box. A) :(colon). B) ; (semicolon). C) -(dash). D) , (comma). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :(colon). 19. When the prefix 're' is added to the word 'examine' to mean 'examine again, ' what is the correctly written result? A) Reexamine. B) Re-examine. C) Re examine. D) Re'examine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-examine. 20. Complete the dialogue with the correctly punctuated phrase:Maria asked, "Are you coming to my party?" "Yes, " David replied, "I wouldn't miss it for the world ..... " A) !". B) ". C) .". D) "!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !". 21. A series of initial lettes of word/phrases that form an abbreviation but aren't pronounced as a new word. A) Abbreviation. B) Acronym. C) Initialism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initialism. 22. Frank suggests thinking of this punctuation mark like a pair of binoculars-to focus the reader's eyes on something important. A) Period. B) Semi colon. C) Comma. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colon. 23. How do you correctly punctuate a list in a sentence? A) Use semicolons to separate items in a list, and place 'or' before the last item. B) Use commas to separate items in a list, and place 'and' before the last item. C) Use dashes to separate items in a list, and place 'but' before the last item. D) Use periods to separate items in a list, and place 'nor' before the last item. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use commas to separate items in a list, and place 'and' before the last item. 24. The principal announced, "Please remember what the great coach John Wooden said: ..... " Which option correctly fills the blank to create a nested quotation? A) "Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.". B) "'Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character." '. C) Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character. D) 'Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.'. 25. Complete the sentence to correctly introduce an acronym:The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ..... is responsible for the nation's space program. A) :NASA. B) (NASA). C) , NASA,. D) -NASA-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (NASA). 26. Reasons when to use ..... DatesCity, stateDegreesToo = alsoQuotesLettersPrevent misreading A) End marks. B) Quotation marks. C) Commas. D) Dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commas. 27. Identify the sentence with an error in the use of an apostrophe. A) Whose going to the party with you?. B) The dog wagged its tail happily. C) It's a beautiful day outside. D) The old clock stopped; its' pendulum was stuck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose going to the party with you?. 28. 57 names were on the list. A) Correct the way it is. B) Fifty-seven names were on the list. C) There were 57 names on the list. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There were 57 names on the list. 29. I love to read and i love to sleep A) This sentence needs a question mark and a capitol I. B) This sentence needs a period mark and a capitol 2 capitol I's. C) This sentence needs a question mark and a capitol W. D) This sentence needs a question mark and 2 capitol I's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This sentence needs a question mark and 2 capitol I's. 30. Interjections:Which interjection would complete this sentence? ..... , I'm not sure about that. A) Hooray. B) Yes. C) Oh. D) None of the above. 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