This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Numbers – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the Parentheses needed? Bob enjoyed many fruits like melons (but not bananas) A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 2. What is the grammar rule error?The magazine American Writers has an article about Edgar Allen Poe. A) American Writers should be in quotes. B) No error. C) Edgar Allen Poe should be in quotes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No error. 3. Read the description. Choose the correct option. Joins clauses without a conjunction. A) Hyphen-. B) Italics (or underlining). C) Semicolon ;. D) Colon:. E) Dash-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon ;. 4. Use ..... AFTER the salutation of a business letter or memo. A) A semicolon. B) A colon. C) A comma. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A colon. 5. Use ..... AFTER a conjunctive adverb (ex. however) or a transitional expression (ex. as a result) to join RELATED independent clauses. A) A colon. B) A comma. C) No punctuation. D) A semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comma. 6. Which punctuation mark should be used to separate items in a list? A) Comma B) Question Mark C) Exclamation Point D) Apostrophe A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 7. What is the grammar rule error?Columbia, So. Carolina A) No error. B) The abbreviation for states is two letters. C) The abbreviation for south is sot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The abbreviation for states is two letters. 8. Which word is the proper adjective?A week of fine weather enabled the swiss team to explore the icy glaciers. A) A. B) Swiss. C) Fine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swiss. 9. A word or phrase that describes the action, state of being, or condition of a person, place, or thing. (ex. run, is, and talk) A) Conjunction. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 10. She is a good girl ..... A) . B) ,. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 11. Colons (:) are used to do what? A) End a sentence. B) Show humour. C) Introduce a quote, list, phrase, question etc. D) Start a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduce a quote, list, phrase, question etc. 12. Who is she ..... A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 13. Identify the sentence with proper punctuation. A) My favorite colors are blue, green, and red. B) My favorite colors are blue green and red. C) My favorite colors are blue, green and red. D) My favorite colors are, blue, green, and red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite colors are blue, green, and red. 14. Which of the following is punctuated incorrectly? A) March, 12 1990. B) March 12. C) March 1990. D) March 12, 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) March, 12 1990. 15. Which punctuation mark forms certain compound words? A) Em dash. B) En dash. C) Hyphen. D) Bracket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyphen. 16. What is the plural of ..... Sweet? A) Sweets. B) Sweeties. C) Sweet. D) Sweetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweets. 17. A punctuation mark used to indicate the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. A) ?. B) . C) !. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 18. Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct use of a semicolon? A) On my trip; I met up with a group of friends. B) My favorite colors are; blue, green, and purple. C) The road is very slippery; there is a lot of black ice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The road is very slippery; there is a lot of black ice. 19. Use ..... to separate two or more adjectives that describe a noun. A) A comma. B) No punctuation. C) A colon. D) A semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma. 20. Use ..... AFTER the first independent clause to join related independent clauses that are NOT joined by the conjunctions and, or, nor, for, but, yet, so, and yet. A) No punctuation. B) A semicolon. C) A colon. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A semicolon. 21. What is the grammar rule error?There were 3 ovations. A) Numbers under 99 should be written out. B) No error. C) Were should be was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Numbers under 99 should be written out. 22. Which punctuation mark goes at the end of these sentences?Go away ..... I don't want to see you again ..... A) !. B) ?. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 23. Choose the correct type of Apostrophe in this sentence.He didn't make it in time. A) Contraction. B) Possession. C) Omission. D) Special Plurals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omission. 24. The word "car's" and the word "cars" ' have the same meaning. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 25. Used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation. A) &. B) '' ''. C) :. D) '. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :. 26. Use ..... to join RELATED independent clauses that are NOT joined by the conjunctions and, or, nor, for, but, yet, so, and yet. A) A semicolon. B) A comma. C) No punctuation. D) A colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A semicolon. 27. Use ..... between a state and zip code. A) A semicolon. B) A colon. C) A comma. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No punctuation. 28. Regular nouns are nouns that form their plurals by adding either the letter s or es ( as in:guy, guys or letter, letters or actress, actresses; etc.). To show plural possession, simply put what punctuation mark after the s? A) A comma. B) An ampersand. C) An apostrophe. D) A virgule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An apostrophe. 29. A ..... is a punctuation mark used to denote a pause. They are stronger than commas but weaker than periods. A) Semi-colon. B) Comma. C) Period. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semi-colon. 30. Were we up to this task A) Were/task!. B) Were/task. C) Were/task,. D) Were/task?. 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