This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Yes I can swim in the pool A) Exclamation mark. B) Question mark. C) Comma. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 2. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:The meeting starts at 10 AM A) &. B) . C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 3. Click on the missing punctuation mark from this sentence:I am going to the shop to buy eggs, milk, bread and chocolate. A) Semicolon;. B) Dash-. C) Colon:. D) Ellipsis . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colon:. 4. Which punctuation mark would you use at the end of a command? A) !. B) . C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 5. Which punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 6. Choose a sentence that is punctuated correctly. A) When is your birthday?. B) When is your birthday. C) When is your birthday?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When is your birthday?. 7. What is the purpose of a question mark? A) To add emphasis. B) To end a direct question. C) To separate items in a list. D) To show possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To end a direct question. 8. Which punctuation mark is more formal? A) ,. B) :. C) !. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ;. 9. Does this bag belong to you ..... A) Semi Colon. B) Question Mark. C) Full Stop. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question Mark. 10. Select the appropriate punctuation mark.Who is shorter ..... A) $^{.}$. B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 11. What is the role of parentheses in a sentence? A) Introduce a list. B) Include extra information. C) Show possession. D) End a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Include extra information. 12. Select the appropriate punctuation mark.My family is having dinner ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 13. In the following sentence, where does a hyphen need added:Yesterday, my cousin turned twenty five. A) Yester-day. B) Twenty-five. C) My-cousin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty-five. 14. Using more than one exclamation point is considered appropriate in professional writing. True or false? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. When is a capital letter used. A) In the end of a sentence. B) In the beginning of a sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the beginning of a sentence. 16. What is the role of a comma in a sentence? A) Introduces a quotation. B) Ends a sentence. C) Shows strong feeling. D) Separates items in a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separates items in a list. 17. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:Can you believe it A) &. B) ?. C) !. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 18. What is the purpose of round brackets? ( ) A) To add extra information to a sentence. B) To introduce a list. C) To join to independent clauses. D) To seperate items in a series. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To add extra information to a sentence. 19. Choose the appropriate punctuation mark/s that will complete the sentence belowShes my eldest sister A) Comma and period. B) Apostrophe and comma. C) Apostrophe and period. D) Comma and quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe and period. 20. Which of these sentences use full stop correctly? A) "Hi, everyone." He says excitedly. B) Should we ask for direction. C) Who are you. D) The Punctuation moved to Alphabet city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Punctuation moved to Alphabet city. 21. Fix this Sentence. My favorite food to order at that restaurant is their hot spicy soup. A) My favorite food to order at that restaurant is their hot, spicy soup. B) My favorite food to order at that, restaurant is their hot spicy soup. C) My favorite, food to order at that, restaurant is their hot spicy soup. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite food to order at that restaurant is their hot, spicy soup. 22. How many spaces should be left after a:full stop at the end of a sentence A) 0. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 23. What is that I hear A) . B) ?. C) ,. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 24. Help, there's a big wolf ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 25. High and low rich and poor wise and foolish must all die A) High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, must all die. B) High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish must all die. C) High and low rich and poor wise and foolish must all die. D) High and low, rich and poor wise and foolish, must all die. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, must all die. 26. End mark for a statement; ends an abbreviation A) Exclamation mark. B) Period. C) Colon. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 27. My little sister was born on November 19, 2003, in a hospital in savannah. A) Hospital. B) Sister. C) Born. D) Savannah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savannah. 28. It is used to show strong feeling. A) Question mark. B) Capital letters. C) Commas. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamation mark. 29. Choose the punctuation mark needed for the following sentenceDoes Mrs. Meyer have a pencil I could borrow A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 30. Choose the appropriate punctuation mark for the sentence below.My mum went supermarket yesterday ..... A) !. B) . C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 31. The duck is yellow A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 32. Which punctuation mark connects closely related independent clauses without a conjunction? A) Comma. B) Colon. C) Exclamation Mark. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicolon. 33. They went to the professor's office ..... It was really hard to get there. A) ,. B) . C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 34. What is the function of an ellipsis ( ..... ) in writing? A) It indicates a pause in speech. B) It emphasizes a point being made. C) It shows that something has been omitted from a text. D) It introduces a list of items. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It shows that something has been omitted from a text. 35. She is a great singer ..... A) Question Mark. B) Exclamation Mark. C) Full Stop. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full Stop. 36. What is the function of an exclamation mark (!) in writing? A) To denote a pause in a sentence. B) To separate items in a list. C) To express strong emotion or emphasis. D) To indicate a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To express strong emotion or emphasis. 37. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:May I ask you a question A) &. B) !. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 38. Why do you use a full stop (.) at the end of a sentence? A) To tell something. B) To ask something. C) To say something with excitement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell something. 39. Fill in the missing punctuation mark to complete the sentence.My daughter is a teacher ..... my son is a doctor. A) -. B) :. C) ,. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ;. 40. What punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses that are closely related? A) Period. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 41. What is the name for the following Punctuation Mark:/ A) Period. B) Hyphen. C) Slash. D) Quotation Mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slash. 42. A period comes at the end of a sentence that A) Tells information. B) Asks a question. C) Shows a strong feeling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tells information. 43. Which one is the full stop? A) !. B) . C) ?. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 44. A ..... is used at the end of a sentence. A) Question Mark. B) Capital letters. C) Full stop. D) Commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full stop. 45. All of the following are punctuation marks except: A) Line. B) Dash. C) Exclamation mark. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line. 46. I like to play outside with my friends A) . B) ?. C) !. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 47. How many tickets do we need ..... Which punctuation mark? A) ?. B) . C) !. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 48. What goes at the end of this sentence?How are you A) ?. B) !. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 49. I feel happy today ..... A) . B) ,. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 50. Which punctuation mark is used to add extra information to a sentence?( extra information ) A) Parenthesis. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parenthesis. 51. Choose the punctuation mark needed for the following sentenceI have studied for the test for several days A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 52. Which of the following statements is using Punctuation Mark correctly? A) I would rather;cooking seafood than red meat. B) I do-not like eating junk food. C) So, what you say if we . D) I love! the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So, what you say if we . 53. For, and, nor, but, or, so, and yet (FANBOYS)-examples of what kind of word? (go with a comma) A) Contraction. B) Conjunction. C) Conniption. D) Conjecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunction. 54. Choose the correct punctuation for the end of these sentences. What a wonderful movie A) ,. B) . C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 55. In which of the following sentences is the apostrophe used to indicate possession? A) He joined Charles's army in 1642. B) Sally's hair was blond and curly. C) We have put together an anthology of children's poetry. D) The boy's sister traveled by bus to meet us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He joined Charles's army in 1642. 56. What do we use commas for? A) Listing. B) Fronted adverbials. C) Relative clauses. D) Expanded noun phrases. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 57. Which punctuation is this?( ) A) Apostrophe. B) Colon. C) Semicolon. D) Bracket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bracket. 58. Can Nat and Kim play? A) A question. B) An exclamation. C) A speech mark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A question. 59. Fill in the ending punctuation mark to complete the sentence below. "What time is it ..... " A) !. B) ,. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 60. Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization and punctuation.The cat fat and lazy slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by A) The cat fat and lazy slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by. B) The cat-fat and lazy-slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by. C) The cat "fat and lazy" slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cat-fat and lazy-slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation Marks Quiz 1Punctuation Marks Quiz 2Punctuation Marks Quiz 3Punctuation Marks Quiz 4Punctuation Marks Quiz 5Punctuation Marks Quiz 7Punctuation Marks Quiz 8Punctuation Marks Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books