This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ZiNyia's determination to earn money inspired her classmates. What is the correct punctuation mark used in this sentence? A) '. B) -. C) :. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) '. 2. Larry was looking at three different cars a Bugatti, a Lamborghini, and a Tesla. A) Cars. B) Cars;. C) Cars,. D) Cars:. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cars:. 3. Use a semicolon to join parts of a compound sentence when a conjunction such as and, but, or or is not used. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Fused sentences occur when the writer forgets to use proper punctuation to join independent clauses the semi-colon or a comma and conjunction is needed. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Punctuation should be followed by a semi-colon:punctuation;. C) Clauses should be followed by a colon:clauses:. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punctuation should be followed by a semi-colon:punctuation;. 5. Choose the correct contraction for the given sentence:She is going to the party.a) She's going to the party.b) Shes going to the party.c) She is going to the party. A) Shes going to the party. B) She's going to the party. C) Shes' going to the party. D) She is going to the party . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She's going to the party. 6. Where does the semicolon best fit in the following sentence:I like to fish, however, I do not enjoy baiting the hook. A) Like;. B) Baiting;. C) Fish;. D) However;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish;. 7. The Ranger colors are always a mix of the following, blue, white, and yellow. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Following should be followed by a dash:following-. C) Following should be followed by a colon:following:. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Following should be followed by a colon:following:. 8. Sharon took six subjects English, French, history, calculus, physics, and band. A) NO CHANGE. B) Sharon took six subjects; English, French, history, calculus, physics, and band. C) Sharon took six subjects, English, French, history, calculus, physics, and band. D) Sharon took six subjects:English, French, history, calculus, physics, and band. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharon took six subjects:English, French, history, calculus, physics, and band. 9. Identify the function of the punctuationI enjoy many sports like hiking, running, cycling and dancing. A) Separate clauses in a sentence. B) Take a breath. C) Separate items on a list. D) Show pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate items on a list. 10. What does FAST stand for? A) Feelings, Actions, Speech, Thoughts. B) Feelings, Acronyms, Setting, Thoughts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feelings, Actions, Speech, Thoughts. 11. A sentence needs a complete thought, A) Subject and predicate. B) Predicate and adjective. C) Predicate. D) A subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject and predicate. 12. True or False:A comma can be used like a period? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Select the correctly punctuated option. A) "I hate The Eagles" the passenger said. B) "I hate The Eagles", the passenger said. C) "I hate The Eagles, " the passenger said. D) "I hate The Eagles;" the passenger said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I hate The Eagles, " the passenger said. 14. This part of speech DOES something ..... action. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 15. The zookeeper announced, "The gorilla exhibit will open on Tuesday." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. Is this list punctuated correctly? "At the store, I need you to pick up cabbage, potatoes, eggs and ham." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. Identify whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly:Mr. Poiroux stood on the stage and made the announcement: "Next year we will move to a four-day week, will have no school uniforms, and will be starting school at 9 AM." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 18. Fill in the blank:Sean usually prefers to work out in the morning ..... today she intends to go to the gym after her last appointment in evening. A) ;. B) ?. C) ,. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ;. 19. Furthermore the judges deliberated for an hour before announcing who made the cheerleading team. A) Change for to four. B) Insert a comma after Furthermore. C) Insert a dash after hour. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert a comma after Furthermore. 20. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:The Binder's dog is friendly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Is the period used correctly in this sentence?The Terry Fox Run is this weekend. He was Canadian. A) No-there should be a comma where the period is. B) Yes-2 complete sentences with a period. C) No period needed at all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes-2 complete sentences with a period. 22. Which sentence uses a comma to seperate the day of the week, month, and year? A) I will be sixteen on Tuesday the 6th of, July 1582. B) September, 11 2001 is a date that will be remembered. C) George Washington was born on February, 22 1732. D) Tomorrow will be Sunday, December 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tomorrow will be Sunday, December 2. 23. ..... shouldn't everyone have clean water? A) After-all,. B) After-all:. C) After-all;. D) After-all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After-all,. 24. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:Watch out for that car A) ''. B) ?. C) . D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 25. He always said, "The sky is falling!" A) It is correct. B) There should not be a space between the comma and the word. C) The ! should be after the quotation marks. D) The word "the" should not be capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There should not be a space between the comma and the word. 26. The tribe was left without food for weeks the members had no choice but to resort to cannibalism. A) Weeks; the. B) NO CHANGE. C) Weeks the. D) Weeks, the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weeks; the. 27. Which punctuation of this sentence is correct? A) The recipe for pancakes needs:flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. B) The recipe for pancakes needs, flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. C) The recipe for pancakes needs the following ingredients:flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The recipe for pancakes needs the following ingredients:flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. 28. What punctuation mark do you use to correct the following words?cantdontwontyoure A) , (comma). B) . (period). C) ' (apostrophe). D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ' (apostrophe). 29. Music albums must be placed in quotation marks when they are cited in your writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.The queen the drone and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. A) The queen, the drone and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. B) The queen, the drone, and the worker, make up the three castes in the honeybee community. C) The queen, the drone, and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The queen, the drone, and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. 31. What is ! called? A) Comma. B) Question mark. C) Period. D) Exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamation point. 32. What is the role of a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence? A) To end a sentence. B) To separate items in a list. C) To connect two independent clauses. D) To introduce a dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To connect two independent clauses. 33. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 1809. A) Abraham Lincoln was born on, February 12 1809. B) Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. C) Abraham Lincoln, was born on February 12, 1809. D) Abraham Lincoln was born on February, 12, 1809. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. 34. I want to buy a new jacket, but it is too expensive. A) I want to buy a new jacket and it is too expensive. B) I want to buy a new jacket, but, it is too expensive. C) No change. D) I want to buy a new jacket but it is too expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No change. 35. When we speak aloud ..... A) We don't use anything close to punctuation. B) We count on the other person to provide punctuation for us. C) We punctuate with body language and facial expression. D) Punctuation isn't necessary because the communication is all done by voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We punctuate with body language and facial expression. 36. ..... he did not feel like getting any work done today and got a bad grade. A) However;. B) However. C) However,. D) However:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However,. 37. Does this sentence need a comma?Harold was able to beat the Vikings in the north before he headed back to Hastings knowing that his biggest challenge against William was still to come. A) No, all good. B) Yes, after Hastings-phrase at the end of the sentence. C) Yes-after north. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, after Hastings-phrase at the end of the sentence. 38. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.When I went to Target the shoes were on sale. A) When I went to Target, the shoes, were on sale. B) When, I went to Target, the shoes were on sale. C) When, I went to Target the shoes were on sale. D) When I went to Target, the shoes were on sale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I went to Target, the shoes were on sale. 39. Use to indicate the titles of short stories A) Colon. B) Quotation Marks. C) Dash. D) Italics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation Marks. 40. He was happy to see his friend A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 41. Identify whether the following is a fragment, run-on, or correct:I have several different "favorites" at Disney. Such as visiting Disney Springs, eating snacks "around the world" in Epcot, and riding all of the rides. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 42. Lamb and rice is her favorite flavor combination, with beef being a close second. A) NO CHANGE. B) Combination, with beef snacks being. C) Combination; beef and vegetables is. D) Combination, while beef combined with vegetables, regarding flavor combinations, is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Combination; beef and vegetables is. 43. What type of sentence is this?Five times ten is fifty. A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarative. 44. My dad has a red motorcycle A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 45. True or False ..... the colon is in the correct spot. The places I like to visit are as follows:France, Spain, Cleveland. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Who is your best friend at school A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 47. When do you think Mom will be home A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 48. What does a compound sentence join together? A) Two complete thoughts (independent clauses). B) Two incomplete thoughts. C) A subject and a verb. D) A noun and an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two complete thoughts (independent clauses). 49. Use commas to separate items in a series. A series is a group of three or more items in a row. Words, phrases, and clauses may appear in a series. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:The phone was Jacquiline's, but the book bag was not hers'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. "Phillip, come on, we're having candy", James exclaimed, "It's your favorite!" A) NO CHANGE. B) "Phillip come on! We're having candy!" James exclaimed, "It's your favorite!". C) "Phillip, come on, we're having candy, James exclaimed." "It's your favorite!". D) "Phillip, come on! We're having candy!" James exclaimed. "It's your favorite!". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Phillip, come on! We're having candy!" James exclaimed. "It's your favorite!". 52. Identify the adverbial phrase: "My friend and I played chess all day long." A) The adverbial phrase is-My friend and I. B) The adverbial phrase is-played chess. C) The adverbial phrase is-all day long. D) The adverbial phrase is-I played chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adverbial phrase is-all day long. 53. Right or wrong:My sister's name is Ellen. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 54. Choose the correct way to write the following number in word form. 78 A) Seven eight. B) Seventy-eight. C) Seventy eight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seventy-eight. 55. Identify the correct punctuation mark to end each sentence. Where did you put my Harry Potter wand A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 56. Which sentence shows commas seperating items in a list? A) Carlos wants to visit Paris, Italy, Germany, and China. B) My favorite colors are blue, red and pink. C) I like, to go hiking fishing swimming and camping during summer. D) I have to clean my room, walk the dog and take out the trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carlos wants to visit Paris, Italy, Germany, and China. 57. What is the correct punctuation for this sentence:My favorite Marvel movie is The Avengers A) . B) !. C) ,. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 58. Spell out ordinal numbers (such as first, second, and third). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Is this punctuation right or wrong?I am so excited! A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 60. Is the sentence correct? "We love eating pizza we go to the restaurant and get a big one." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation Quiz 1Punctuation Quiz 2Punctuation Quiz 3Punctuation Quiz 4Punctuation Quiz 5Punctuation Quiz 6Punctuation Quiz 7Punctuation Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books