This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A colon (:) can be used to ..... A) Start a list. B) Separate two sentences. C) Show the end of a sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Start a list. 2. I don't know what youre talking about. A) Hyphen. B) Parentheses. C) Apostrophe. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 3. Which punctuation mark comes at the end of a question? A) Exclamation mark. B) Comma. C) Period. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question mark. 4. Listen to that strange noise ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 5. In which sentence is the title punctuated correctly? A) Langston Hughes's short poem Dream Deferred explores the different reactions people might have when their dreams are taken from them. B) Langston Hughes's short poem (Dream Deferred) explores the different reactions people might have when their dreams are taken from them. C) Langston Hughes's short poem "Dream Deferred" explores the different reactions people might have when their dreams are taken from them. D) Langston Hughes's short poem Dream Deferred explores the different reactions people might have when their dreams are taken from them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes's short poem "Dream Deferred" explores the different reactions people might have when their dreams are taken from them. 6. The most famous end mark. It comes at the end of the statements and commands. It is also used in abbreviations too. A) Punctuation mark. B) Exclamation point. C) Question mark. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Full stop. 7. This mark of punctuation is used to enclose "extra" or "by the way" type information that could be left out of the sentence: A) Brackets. B) Quotations. C) Single quotations. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parentheses. 8. Which of these marks is a comma? A) (). B) *. C) !. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ,. 9. This mark is used before a list or quote and between hours and minutes. A) Exclamation point. B) Colon. C) Hyphen. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 10. Identify the correct use of a plural possessive noun. A) Ladies's job. B) Men's jobs. C) Ladies jobs'. D) Mens' jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Men's jobs. 11. This mark of punctuation is used in text to indicate that additional information or a comment can be found at the bottom of the page. A) Period. B) Italics. C) Hashtag. D) Asterisk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asterisk. 12. My father's favorite carton was Where's Wally A) Semicolon. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 13. Out of these five sentences, select two correct sentences that use punctuation marks properly. A) I have a pet rabbit. Its name is Cotton. B) She has not submit her homework yet?. C) Amir, Li Hong and Suresh are best friends,. D) Mei Ling and Mei Ying are twins?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a pet rabbit. Its name is Cotton. 14. Which of these marks is an ellipsis? A) ;. B) ?. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 15. What is your favorate color A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 16. The most commonly used mark of punctuation, which is used for more reasons or rules, by far, than any other punctuation mark is the ..... A) Period. B) Exclamation mark. C) Coma. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. 17. We use this mark of punctuation around a quotation that appears INSIDE another quotation. A) Brackets. B) Single quotation marks. C) Parenthesis. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single quotation marks. 18. The punctuation mark that means a pause is needed in a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large number. A) Comma. B) Period. C) Semicolon. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 19. Choose the sentence that ends with the correct punctuation mark. A) Butchie asked, "Will you take me to the mall.". B) Butchie asked, "Will you take me to the mall" ?. C) Butchie asked, "Will you take me to the mall? ". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Butchie asked, "Will you take me to the mall? ". 20. Choose the sentence in which capitalization and punctuation marks are used correctly. A) "Today is monday.". B) Today, is Monday. C) Today is Monday. D) Today is monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Today is Monday. 21. What is the missing Punctuation Mark in the following statement? My name is Roger I live in California A) Comma. B) Period. C) Exclamation Mark. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 22. What is your breakfast A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 23. Looks like a single quotation mark, but is not for quotation, like to show a letter or number is missing. A) Exclamation point. B) Apostrophe. C) Brackets or parentheses. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 24. We will need five members to fulfill the positions of the director writer photographer choreographer and production assistant. A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Exclamation point. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 25. Lewis had to overcome many difficulties to achieve success as an artist, and parts of his life are shrouded in mystery. A) Compound. B) Compound complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 26. I can see a little turtle in the sea A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 27. What punctuation is the following sentence missing? The beach was clean and inviting the water was cool and blue. A) Dash or dashes. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 28. Which punctuation mark should appear after this statement? Carpenters build houses A) !. B) ,. C) . D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 29. Add correct punctuation to this sentence.The hole cleansed the city of its filth ..... the sea and sky seemed to have become a bit clearer than before. A) -. B) . C) ;. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. 30. What punctuation mark do you need in this sentence? A bunch of gawking curiosity seekers showed up ..... one could also pick out here and there men of shifty glances who appeared to be concessionaires. A) A hyphen-. B) A comma,. C) A semicolon ;. D) None of above. 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