This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Numbers – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What punctuation mark is used to separate a title from a subtitle? A) !. B) :. C) -. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 2. . We ..... touch the antique pieces A) Need not. B) Dare not. C) Can not. D) Shold not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dare not. 3. I would find out on group-picture day A) Day!. B) Day. C) Day?. D) Day,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day. 4. Complete each sentence with correct punctuation. Fill in the blank.Each answer will be one of the following:. !?Ouch ..... The stove is hot. A) !. B) ?. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 5. Mrs. Beeby's classes are the best!What is wrong with this sentence? A) There should be an apostrophe after the s in classes. B) The apostrophe is misplaced in Beeby's. C) The sentence is correct as it is. D) An exclamation mark should not be used here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sentence is correct as it is. 6. What is an ampersand? A) Something Mrs. Beeby just made up. B) ?. C) %. D) &. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) &. 7. Is the number correctly written? 235 people stood in line for the concert tickets. A) Correct. B) Two hundred and thirty-five. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two hundred and thirty-five. 8. You always want to spell out numbers when they start the sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. When is a semicolon (;) typically used? A) To connect a dependent clause to an independent clause. B) To end a sentence. C) To separate a subject from its verb. D) To join two independent clauses in a compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To join two independent clauses in a compound sentence. 10. A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral. A) ?. B) '. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ,. 11. ..... indicate a direct quotation, a definition, nonstandard English, or a title. They may also be used to indicate a word or phrase used in an unusual way. A) Quotation marks. B) Semi-colons. C) Dashes. D) Exclamation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks. 12. In what situations should you use an exclamation point? A) In formal writing. B) To show sadness or disappointment. C) When expressing strong emotions, excitement, surprise, or emphasis. D) When asking a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When expressing strong emotions, excitement, surprise, or emphasis. 13. The full stop is used at end of a indirect speech A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Eli's siblings' are fun and energetic. A) More than one sibling. B) Only one sibling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More than one sibling. 15. Complete each sentence with correct punctuation. Fill in the blank.Each answer will be one of the following:. !?Let's go to the park and have a picnic tomorrow ..... A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Read the description. Choose the correct option. Joins clauses without a conjunction. A) Dash-. B) Hyphen-. C) Colon:. D) Semicolon ;. E) Italics (or underlining). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicolon ;. 19. Use ..... AFTER the salutation of a business letter or memo. A) A comma. B) No punctuation. C) A semicolon. D) A colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A colon. 20. Which punctuation mark should be used to separate items in a list? A) Comma B) Question Mark C) Exclamation Point D) Apostrophe A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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) Adverb. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 24. She is a good girl ..... A) . B) ,. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 25. Colons (:) are used to do what? A) Show humour. B) Start a sentence. C) End a sentence. D) Introduce a quote, list, phrase, question etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduce a quote, list, phrase, question etc. 26. Who is she ..... A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 27. 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. 28. Which of the following is punctuated incorrectly? A) March 1990. B) March 12. C) March 12, 1990. D) March, 12 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) March, 12 1990. 29. Which punctuation mark forms certain compound words? A) Bracket. B) En dash. C) Em dash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 30. What is the plural of ..... Sweet? A) Sweetes. B) Sweeties. C) Sweets. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweets. 31. 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: D) . 32. 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. 33. Use ..... to separate two or more adjectives that describe a noun. A) A semicolon. B) A colon. C) No punctuation. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comma. 34. 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) A comma. B) A colon. C) A semicolon. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A semicolon. 35. 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. 36. 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) !. 37. Choose the correct type of Apostrophe in this sentence.He didn't make it in time. A) Possession. B) Special Plurals. C) Contraction. D) Omission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omission. 38. 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. 39. Used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation. A) :. B) &. C) '. D) '' ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 40. Use ..... between a state and zip code. A) No punctuation. B) A comma. C) A semicolon. D) A colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No punctuation. 41. 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. 42. A ..... is a punctuation mark used to denote a pause. They are stronger than commas but weaker than periods. A) Comma. B) Semi-colon. C) Exclamation mark. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi-colon. 43. Were we up to this task A) Were/task!. B) Were/task,. C) Were/task?. D) Were/task. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were/task?. 44. Why are apostrophes important in contractions? A) Apostrophes are used for emphasis in contractions. B) Apostrophes are unnecessary in contractions. C) Apostrophes indicate missing letters or sounds in contractions. D) Apostrophes make contractions longer and more formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophes indicate missing letters or sounds in contractions. 45. Choose the correct punctuation mark for the following sentence:Stop, don't do that ..... A) Question mark. B) Semicolon. C) Exclamation mark. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation mark. 46. She completed her degree in Psychology (her lifelong dream).What punctuation is used in the above sentence? A) A Colon. B) Brackets. C) A dash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brackets. 47. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause or hesitation in speech? A) . B) ,. C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 48. Joins words, phrases, or clauses. (ex. and, but, and so) A) Pronoun. B) Conjunction. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunction. 49. Parentheses can be used to enclose additional information, explanatory, information in a sentence or a paragraph. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. Which of these sentences has the semicolon (:) placed in the correct spot. A) I could tell she was scared; her hands were shaking. B) I could tell; she was scared her hands were shaking. C) I could tell she was scared her hands; were shaking. D) I could tell she was; scared; her hands were shaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I could tell she was scared; her hands were shaking. 51. ..... is using uppercase letters in writing. A) Capitalization. B) Punctuation. C) Grammar. D) Cursive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalization. 52. When is the exclamation mark used in a sentence? A) After agreement or approval words only. B) After any descriptive sentence in a paragraph only. C) After strong emphasis words only. D) After description words only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After strong emphasis words only. 53. The old mansion at the end of the road-rumoured to be haunted-stood eerily silent in the moonlight. What punctuation is used in the above sentence? A) A dash. B) A colon. C) Brackets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dash. 54. I signal something's coming, here's the clue, An explanation or a list will follow through.What am I? A) Colon. B) Hyphen. C) Dash. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 55. When a dialogue tag interrupts a quoted sentence, begin the second part of the quotation with a lowercase letter. Is this sentence written correctly?"Yes, " Roger agreed, "it's too late to worry about that now." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 56. Is the number correctly written? Tony was able to purchase 235 pencils for ten cents each. A) Correct. B) Two hundred thirty-five. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 57. This type of punctuation is used when writing numbers 21 through 99, and sometimes when prefixes are added to words. A) Dash. B) Colon. C) Parentheses. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 58. Use ..... in RELATED independent clauses AFTER a conjunctive adverb (ex. however) or a transitional expression (ex. as a result). A) No punctuation. B) A comma. C) A colon. D) A semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comma. 59. Used to combine two complete sentences.Ex:Come over after school | we can study math together. A) Ellipses. B) Apostrphe. C) Semicolon. D) Comma. E) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon. 60. Identify the punctuation marks in the given sentence.Oh, no ! Wolf ! Go away, Wolf ! A) Full stop, question mark. B) Exclamation mark, question mark. C) Comma, full stop. D) Comma, exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma, exclamation mark. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation In Numbers Quiz 1Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 2Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 3Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 4Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 6Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books