This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What punctuation should end the following sentence? Your choices for breakfast are scrambled eggs, pancakes, or cereal A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 2. Select the answer below that uses capitalization and punctuation correctly. A) Jack shouted, "Here I am!". B) Jack shouted, Here I am!. C) Jack shouted, "here I am!". D) Jack shouted "Here I am!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack shouted, "Here I am!". 3. This punctuation is used to show strong emotion. A) Exclamation mark. B) Question mark. C) Colon. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation mark. 4. What punctuation mark do you need in this sentence? Little by little the hole ..... filling company expanded its business. A) A hyphen-. B) A comma,. C) A semicolon ;. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hyphen-. 5. Which punctuation mark should appear after this statement? Yipee ..... I won ..... A) ,. B) !. C) . D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) !. 6. Through his cartoons, Lewis frequently criticized the U.S. government's racial policies; however, he also produced nonpolitical ink drawings, sketches, and chald plates. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Compound complex. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 7. What do you need at the end of this sentence? Mark shouted, "I love ice cream ..... " A) . B) !. C) ?. D) ( ). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) !. 8. Why do you use brackets? A) To write a set of less important details. B) To be more handsome. C) To show missing letters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write a set of less important details. 9. Used to separate a list. A) Comma. B) Apostrophe. C) Parentheses. D) Exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 10. Which of these marks is a hyphen? A) -. B) (). C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -. 11. Where is my notebook A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 12. I've been to spain before and I'd like to go there again once the pandemic is over.In this sentence, the word ..... needs to be capitalized. A) Before. B) Once. C) Spain. D) There. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 13. This mark of punctuation is usually used to create a compound sentence (join two sentences together) when a coordinating conjunction, such as "and, " "but, " or "or, " is NOT used. A) Semicolon. B) Period. C) Comma. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 14. My name is John Galt A) Period. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 15. Which punctuation would go at the * in the sentence below:I can, t wait to show mom what I did today* A) :. B) ?. C) !. D) '. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 16. This symbol or punctuation is used in writing or printing to indicate a range or connections. A) Colon. B) Comma. C) En dash. D) Slash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) En dash. 17. Lewis made sketches for archaeological studies in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana, in 1882 and 1883. A) Compound complex. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 18. Which of these marks is an apostrophe? A) '. B) *. C) ''. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) '. 19. To show that someone else has written or said it. A) Dash. B) Quotation mark. C) Slash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation mark. 20. This mark of punctuation is used in place of the word "to" when indicating an inclusive series, such as "1990 to 2012." A) Hyphen. B) En dash. C) Ellipsis. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) En dash. 21. Which punctuation mark is missing form the sentence:Did you get to play the online game* A) Question mark. B) Full stop. C) Comma. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question mark. 22. Pick the Right Punctuation MarkYour choices for breakfast are cereal, bagels, bacon and eggs, or a bowl of oatmeal A) Period. B) Question Mark. C) Exclamation Mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 23. I bought them yesterday ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 24. Please be patient A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 25. This mark of punctuation is used to indicate a sudden interruption or shift in direction in the flow of conversation or thought. It tends to draw attention to what comes after it. A) Italics. B) Hyphen. C) En dash. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Em dash. 26. Means pause; separate things in a list, introduce quotations, combine sentences, and add info A) Semi colon. B) Apostrophe. C) Colon. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. 27. This mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence. A) Period. B) Exclamation point. C) Question mark. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 28. In which of these responses is the word "hello" inside single quotation marks? A) "hello". B) 'hello'. C) [hello]. D) (hello). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'hello'. 29. What ending punctuation mark will make this a complete sentence? May I please have a dog A) Period . B) Question Mark?. C) Exclamation Point !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question Mark?. 30. The Smithsonian Institution now has most of these sketches; they include drawings of prehistoric Native American burial mounds. A) Simple. B) Compound complex. C) Compound. D) Complex. 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