This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lewis was born into slavery in Mississippi, and he was blinded in one eye and badly burned when he was a toddler. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound complex. 2. A punctuation mark that writers use to show a sudden break or change in thought. A) Slash. B) Dash. C) Quotation mark. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dash. 3. Which of these marks of punctuation is an ellipsis? A) !. B) ;. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 4. Which of these marks is an exclamation mark? A) !. B) *. C) ?. D) (). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 5. Go see what made that noise ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 6. What belongs at the end of the sentence below? What's your favorite color A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 7. This mark is used between parts of a compound word or name or to split words by syllables to fit on a line of text. A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Apotrophe. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 8. Which punctuation mark should appear after this statement? How many bank tellers are there in a bank A) ?. B) !. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 9. I will never ride the Vikings again, not ever A) Comma. B) Exclamation point. C) Question mark. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamation point. 10. This mark is used to show excitement or emphasis. A) Exclamation point. B) Italics. C) Parentheses. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation point. 11. This word processing device is used to show titles of longer works (full length books, magazine or newspaper titles, epic-length poems, etc, ) or to show internal dialogue (quoted thoughts). A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Parenthesis. D) Single quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 12. What ending punctuation mark will make this a complete sentence? Please turn the light off A) Period . B) Question Mark?. C) Exclamation Point !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period . 13. What ending punctuation mark will make this a complete sentence? Will you go to the store with me A) Period . B) Question Mark?. C) Exclamation Point !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question Mark?. 14. Also known as forward mark, stroke, slant. Used to indicate "or" and for fractions. A) Colon. B) Quotation mark. C) Dash. D) Slash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slash. 15. Pick the Right Punctuation Mark Many people are Packer fans here in Luxemburg A) Period. B) Question Mark. C) Exclamation Mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 16. This word processing device is often used to emphasize or to show that a word comes from another language (not English). A) Parenthesis. B) Italics. C) Quotation marks. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italics. 17. Which of these marks is a bracket? A) (. B) [. C) /. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [. 18. What is this (in between the I and m)? I'm A) Apostrophe. B) Period. C) Quotation Marks. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 19. Throughout his life, Lewis produced drawings for various publications. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 20. Pick the right Punctuation MarkDid we have a test today in English A) Question Mark. B) Explanation Mark. C) Period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question Mark. 21. This mark of punctuation is used to indicate that there are two or more options or choices. A) Diagonal slash. B) Ellipsis. C) Asterisk. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diagonal slash. 22. In situations in which word processing is not available, information that would normally be italicized should be ..... A) Placed in parentheses. B) Placed in quotation marks. C) Underlined. D) Written in all lower case letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Underlined. 23. Which punctuation mark ends a sentence that tells us something? A) Period. B) Question mark?. C) Exclamation mark?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 24. The dog lives in a large kennel A) The Dog lives in a large kennel. B) The dog lives in a large kennel. C) The dog lives in a large kennel. D) The Dog lives in a large kennel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog lives in a large kennel. 25. Which of these marks is a question mark? A) !. B) ?. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 26. Look out the window ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 27. A big lion is roaring in the cage A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 28. Marks used in writings to separate sentences and clarify meaning. A) Punctuation mark. B) Period. C) Question mark. D) End mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punctuation mark. 29. Which number is written correctly using a hyphen? A) Thirty three. B) One fourth. C) Eighty-five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eighty-five. 30. Pick the Right Punctuation MarkThe sun is 92, 960, 000 miles from the Earth A) Question Mark. B) Period. C) Exclamation Mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 31. This mark of punctuation is used to introduce a list that comes after the words "the following, " "as follow, " "all of these, " etc., or when the list does not flow as a natural part of the sentence. A) Ellipsis. B) Colon. C) Semicolon. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 32. Why do you use a comma? A) To learn English and to speak more. B) To finish a sentence. C) To talk about love. D) To separate items in a list and to show a break in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To separate items in a list and to show a break in a sentence. 33. Which punctuation mark is a question mark? A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 34. During the late 1800's, H. J. Lewis drew political cartoons for "The Freeman, " which was the first illustrated African American newspaper. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 35. What do we call the full stop, the question mark and the question mark together? A) Objects. B) Things. C) Marks. D) End punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End punctuation. 36. This mark separates two independent clauses in a compound sentence. A) Quotation mark. B) Period. C) Semicolon. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon. 37. Pick the Right Punctuation Mark Many people work hard every day to get a well earned income A) Question Mark. B) Period. C) Exclamation MArk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 38. Her sisters are Georgina, 7 Miranda, 9 Sofia, 12 and Jolina, 20. A) Semicolon. B) Dash. C) Hyphen. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 39. Choose the correct answer below.michael bought a new car last monday A) Michael bought a new Car last Monday. B) Michael bought a new car last Monday. C) Michael bought a new car last monday. D) Michael bought a new car last Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael bought a new car last Monday. 40. Is a punctuation that comes at the end of a sentence to let you know when the sentence ends. A) Full stop. B) Punctuation mark. C) Quotation mark. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full stop. 41. I borrowed my brother's copy of Beowulf he said he does not need it anyway. A) Semicolon. B) Em dash. C) Comma. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 42. Melissa Cruz, M.D., a cardiologist from Northern Luzon Medical Center, Inc. asked, "What can we do to improve healthcare in the provinces" A) Question mark. B) Exclamation point. C) Comma. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question mark. 43. This punctuation symbol is used to show that there has been an omission of some letters or words. A) Ellipsis. B) Parenthesis. C) Slash. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ellipsis. 44. A dot used to show where the end of a sentence is. A) Semicolon. B) Period. C) Colon. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 45. Choose the correct punctuation and tell what type of sentence it is.Will you teach me to rollerblade ..... A) ! exclamatory. B) . imperative. C) ? interrogative. D) . declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ? interrogative. 46. What ending punctuation mark will make this a complete sentence? Wow, great job A) Exclamation Point !. B) Period . C) Question Mark?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation Point !. 47. What ending punctuation mark will make this a complete sentence? Yikes, that is scary A) Period . B) Exclamation Point !. C) Question Mark?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamation Point !. 48. A slash means the same thing as ..... A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or. 49. Don't you think rollerblading is dangerous ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 50. This mark is used to note the end of declarative and imperative sentences. A) Period. B) Quotation mark. C) Apostrophe. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 51. My favourite month is december since I look forward to the new year. In this sentence, the word ..... needs to be capitalized. A) December. B) New. C) Month. D) Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December. 52. Oh sweet chick with brown hen A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation mark. 53. What punctuation is the following sentence missing? Before I waded into the pond, I noticed someone else was already there a baby alligator. A) Hyphen. B) Semicolon. C) Parentheses. D) Dash or dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dash or dashes. 54. This punctuation mark is used as a substitute for a missing letter(s) in a word. A) Apostrophe. B) Period. C) Comma. D) Quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 55. What punctuation marks do you need in this sentence? The daily newspaper contains four sections ..... news, sports, entertainment and classifieds. A) Semicolon. B) Exclamation mark. C) Quotation mark. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colon. 56. Which marks must be added to this sentence? Wow That is so great. A) ?. B) ,. C) . D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 57. When did you get those new rollerblades ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 58. What is one reason a hyphen (-) might be used? A) To break up a word when it doesn't fit on a line. B) To put in between things in a list. C) To show someone is talking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To break up a word when it doesn't fit on a line. 59. This mark of punctuation is used to replace letters in contractions or with nouns to show ownership or belonging (possession). A) Apostrophe. B) Quotation mark. C) Asterisk. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 60. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation marks. A) Did you say, "Wanda won first prize in the contest? ". B) Did you say, "Wanda won first prize in the contest" ?. C) Did you say, "Wanda won first prize in the contest" . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you say, "Wanda won first prize in the contest? ". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation Marks Quiz 1Punctuation Marks Quiz 2Punctuation Marks Quiz 3Punctuation Marks Quiz 4Punctuation Marks Quiz 5Punctuation Marks Quiz 6Punctuation Marks Quiz 7Punctuation Marks Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books