This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Numbers – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What punctuation mark is used to end a statement? A) Exclamation mark. B) Question mark. C) Period. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Period. 2. Which is the correct way to write the number? A) 1995. B) Nineteen ninety-five. C) Nineteen ninety five. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1995. 3. Use ..... AFTER an independent clause to introduce a list of items. A) A semicolon. B) A comma. C) No punctuation. D) A colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A colon. 4. I don't like onions, they give me heartburn. A) No change. B) I don't like onions; they give me heartburn. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I don't like onions; they give me heartburn. 5. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a break in thought or to introduce additional information? A) -. B) ,. C) . D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -. 6. You ..... pay attention in the class. A) Should. B) May. C) Might. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should. 7. Use ..... BEFORE 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) A semicolon. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A semicolon. 8. What is a Semicolon use for? A) To separate items. B) To join two independent clauses. C) At the end of a sentence. D) To introduce a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To join two independent clauses. 9. A ..... is a punctuation mark that directs the reader's attention to the material that follows it. The material that follows it completes or explains the information that comes before it. A) Dash. B) Semi-colon. C) Exclamation mark. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colon. 10. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a quotation? A) ". B) '. C) ,. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ". 11. Which symbol is a brace? A) ( ). B) /. C) [ ]. D) < >. E) { }. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) { }. 12. I had applied for a position on the yearbook staff during the first week of school A) School!. B) School?. C) School,. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) School. 13. What is the grammar rule error?300 people attended the play. A) Don't start a sentence with numerals. B) No error. C) Sentence should end with a question mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't start a sentence with numerals. 14. What is the grammar rule error?Many people traveled to Knoxville Tennessee for the World's Fair. A) Commas should be after city and after state. B) Comma should follow city only. C) No error. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas should be after city and after state. 15. Which sentence/s uses the em-dash correctly? A) Donald-my friend from Ontario-works as a lawyer. B) Donald lived from 1927-2005. C) High-income families typically purchase many houses. D) Lily-May loved flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donald-my friend from Ontario-works as a lawyer. 16. Which of the following correctly uses dashes? A) Even Janet-she's the smartest student in our class-failed the test. B) Even Janet-she's the smartest student in our class failed the test. C) Even-Janet she's the smartest student in our class-failed the test. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even Janet-she's the smartest student in our class-failed the test. 17. Identify the punctuation marks in the given sentence.A board, a table, a chair, a map and a chart are in the classroom. A) Comma, Question mark. B) Comma, full stop. C) Exclamation mark, full stop. D) Exclamation mark, question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma, full stop. 18. Use ..... to separate the city name from the state name in a street address. A) No punctuation. B) A colon. C) A semicolon. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comma. 19. Do not put apostrophes in possessive personal pronouns. These pronouns show possession without an apostrophe. Examples:hers, his, yours, its, ours, theirsWhich of the following has an incorrect possessive form? A) It is hers. B) It's shiny surface. C) Mom's car. D) Church's steeple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's shiny surface. 20. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a contraction or missing letters in a word? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Apostrophe. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 21. Semicolons are used to ..... ? (;) A) To separate hours and minutes, and to introduce a list. B) Used in compound words, and in numbers 21-99. C) Used to join 2 independent clauses, instead of a comma and a conjunction. D) Used for titles of books/newspapers, and for extra emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used to join 2 independent clauses, instead of a comma and a conjunction. 22. Complete each sentence with correct punctuation. Fill in the blank.Each answer will be one of the following:. !? A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 23. There's only one thing left to do:take a deep breath and jump.What punctuation is used in the above sentence? A) A colon. B) A dash. C) Brackets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A colon. 24. Of course, they also had to smile and say, "Cheeese '' A) Of course/"Cheeese?". B) Of course/"Cheeese!". C) Of course/"Cheeese!". D) Of course/"Cheeese.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of course/"Cheeese!". 25. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a range of numbers or dates? A) :. B) ,. C) /. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -. 26. I join words together, long and neat, Bridging ideas to make them complete.What am I? A) Dash. B) Hyphen. C) Apostrophe. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dash. 27. A punctuation mark that indicates a question. A) ?. B) &. C) ,. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 28. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a strong emotion or emphasis? A) ,. B) . C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 29. Complete each sentence with correct punctuation. Fill in the blank.Each answer will be one of the following:. !?I stayed up past midnight reading the book ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 30. A ..... is a group of words with a verb and a subject. A) Phrase. B) Thesis. C) Clause. D) Predicate. 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