This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of using a comma in a sentence? A) To separate items in a list, clauses, or phrases. B) To indicate possession. C) To connect independent clauses. D) To emphasize a point in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To separate items in a list, clauses, or phrases. 2. The duck is yellow (a) A) ,. B) !. C) ?. D) A . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A . 3. Are you sorry you are leaving Liverpool A) Comma. B) Full stop. C) Question mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 4. How do you use a question mark in a sentence? A) To list a number of things. B) To put a pause in a sentence. C) To ask question. D) To put an end to a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ask question. 5. Select the appropriate punctuation mark.We won ..... A) ?. B) !. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) !. 6. Which punctuation mark best suits the following sentences?We will not be at the party ..... A) Exclamation Mark. B) Semi Colon. C) Comma. D) Full Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full Stop. 7. How many commas are needed in the sentence below?Sam bought milk bread sugar and bread from the supermarket. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 8. Select the punctuation mark to be used at the place marked X. No X you may not go to the beach. A) Semi-colon (;). B) Comma (, ). C) Full stop (.). D) Exclamation mark (!). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma (, ). 9. Which one is the period? A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 10. I have packed fruits ..... mat ..... bottles and a hat. A) . B) !. C) ?. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ,. 11. Select the correct ending punctuation mark for the sentence: "Please pass the salt ..... " A) ?. B) !. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 12. Are you angry ..... A) ?. B) !. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 13. All of the following are end marks EXCEPT: A) Question mark. B) Comma. C) Period. D) Exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 14. There are 4 people in my family:My dad ..... my mom ..... my sister and me ..... A) , / ./,. B) , /, / . C) , /, /,. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , /, / . 15. Write True or False.A question mark is used to show strong feelings. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. To work/She/car/goes/by A) By car she to work goes. B) She goes by car work to. C) She goes to work by car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She goes to work by car. 17. It is used to introduce an interrupting sentence A) Semi colon. B) Period. C) Comma. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 18. Hurry, it's raining A) !. B) ?. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 19. What is an exclamation mark used for? A) To end a sentence. B) To introduce a list. C) To join two independent sentences. D) To indicate strong emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To indicate strong emotion. 20. Happy Birthday, John ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 21. What time does the bus arrive ..... A) . B) ,. C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 22. What do you like to do ..... A) ?. B) !. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 23. What quotation mark do we use in the greeting and closing of a letter? A) Hyphen. B) Comma. C) Period. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 24. How do you use a comma? A) To ask question. B) To put an end to a sentence. C) To list a number of things.To put a pause in a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To list a number of things.To put a pause in a sentence. 25. What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted? A) Dash. B) Hyphen. C) Quotation marks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dash. 26. What is a dash used for? A) To introduce a list. B) To indicate a pause. C) To end a sentence. D) To separate words or clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To separate words or clauses. 27. Choose the correct punctuation for the end of these sentences.1. When will the breakfast be ready A) ,. B) !. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 28. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:I can't believe it A) !. B) ?. C) . D) &. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 29. It is used to connect two independent clauses that are closely related to one another A) Comma. B) Colon. C) Semi colon. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi colon. 30. What punctuation mark do we use to separate the elements of a list? A) Comma. B) Quotation mark. C) Hyphen. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. ← 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