This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does using an apostrophe show possession with a singular noun? A) Putting an apostrophe after the s. B) Adding an apostrophe plus the letter s. C) Adding es after an apostrophe. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adding an apostrophe plus the letter s. 2. Eye color patterns are shifting worldwide, each person's shade remains a unique part of his or her identity. A) Worldwide:each. B) Worldwide; each. C) NO CHANGE. D) Worldwide each. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worldwide; each. 3. Alec is going to (wear, ware) his work boots today. A) Wear. B) Ware. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wear. 4. What word(s) need capitals in this sentence?i'm hoping mom will pick me up after school and take me to the mall. A) Mom. B) Mall. C) I'm. D) I'm, Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I'm, Mom. 5. Use the correct punctuation.HAPPY BIRTHDAY A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 6. Ben and laura are best friendsWhich answer is correct? A) Ben and Laura are best friends. B) Ben and Laura are best friends. C) Ben and laura are best friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ben and Laura are best friends. 7. You are a good child ..... A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 8. Ouch, that hurt me a lot A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 9. Sam named his pet rufusWhich answer is correct? A) Sam named his pet rufus. B) Sam named his pet Rufus. C) Sam named his pet Rufus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam named his pet Rufus. 10. The sign apostrophe ( ' ) can be used to denote A) Short-form/contractions of words. B) Possession. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 11. What is the punctuation used for this sentence? Have you ever met my friend Julie ..... A) ?. B) !. C) '' ''. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 12. What is missing, "I want butter bread rice to make food" A) (, ) (.). B) (, ). C) Correct answer. D) Who is silent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (, ) (.). 13. Which punctuation marks are used in the sentence?:The girl's hat was green. A) Apostrophe and comma. B) Comma and full stop. C) Apostrophe and full stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe and full stop. 14. Which of these is used to convey proportions? A) :. B) ,. C) ;. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 15. My mom likes flowers A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 16. The sun is setting later at night thought the old man to himself. A) , '' ''. B) '', ''. C) '' '',. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) '' '',. 17. This punctuation mark is used to link words together. A) Dash. B) Comma. C) Square brackets. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 18. Decide in the sentence if the commas are used correctly or incorrectly.Mrs. Endsley mentioned in class, "Your math assignment is due today." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 19. Which punctuation mark is missing? Mother stays up too late she's afraid she's going to miss something. A) Exclamation mark. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 20. How much is this book ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 21. Who do you think will win the contest ..... A) ?. B) .... C) ,. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 22. What do we call big letters? A) Capital letters. B) Lowercase letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital letters. 23. Does amelia live on walker streetWhich answer is correct? A) Does Amelia live on Walker Street?. B) Does Amelia live on Walker Street. C) Does Amelia live on walker street?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does Amelia live on Walker Street?. 24. Which punctuation marks are missing? We haven't met before have we A) Comma and question mark. B) Semicolon and question mark. C) Comma and full stop. D) Semicolon and full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma and question mark. 25. When do we use a comma in a sentence?(Choose the correct answers.) A) To separate items in a list. B) To show a break in the sentence. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 26. Which punctuation marks are used in the sentence?:The conference was attended by delegates from Paris, France; Paris, Texas; London, UK; Stockholm, Sweden; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Mumbai, India. A) Semicolon, apostrophe, full stop. B) Semicolon, colon, full stop. C) Colon, comma, full stop. D) Semicolon, comma, full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicolon, comma, full stop. 27. Which punctuation marks should be used in the sentence? However it has been suggested that some bees prefer tree pollen A) Semicolon and full stop. B) Colon and full stop. C) Exclamation mark and full stop. D) Comma and full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma and full stop. 28. Punctuate-Where are you from ..... A) ?. B) . C) ''. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 29. Michelle does not believe there is life in outer space A) Question mark. B) Period. C) Exclamation point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 30. No way, that is really awesome A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 31. Fill in the blanks This shop has tomatoes ..... carrots ..... potatoes ..... beetroots A) Tomatoes and carrots and potatoes and beetroots. B) Tomatoes, carrots, potatoes and beetroots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tomatoes, carrots, potatoes and beetroots. 32. This punctuation should always be used to end a sentence A) Exclamation mark. B) Full stop. C) Comma. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full stop. 33. Wow it is hot today ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 34. All of the people at the school, including the teachers and ..... were glad when summer break came. A) Students;. B) Students,. C) Students:. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students,. 35. When will you return to our city ..... A) ? question mark. B) ! exclamation mark. C) . full stop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ? question mark. 36. Paula asked Is there more dessert? A) , '' ''. B) '', ''. C) '' '',. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) , '' ''. 37. Ben took a fight from oregon to vermont.Which answer is written correctly? A) Ben took a fight from oregon to vermont. B) Ben took a fight from Oregon to Vermont. C) Ben took a fight from Oregon to Vermont. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ben took a fight from Oregon to Vermont. 38. This is Miss Jill ..... A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 39. She is my sister ..... A) ?. B) . C) ,. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 40. Billboards are considered an important part of advertising for big business, ..... by their critics. A) But-an eyesore. B) But, " an eyesore, ". C) But an eyesore. D) But, an eyesore;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But an eyesore. 41. The williams drove to texasWhich answer is correct? A) The Williams drove to Texas. B) The williams drove to texas. C) The Williams drove to Texas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Williams drove to Texas. 42. Wow ..... You really obtained a gold medal in the Olympics. A) ? question mark. B) ! exclamation mark. C) . full stop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ! exclamation mark. 43. I'll put my book away ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 44. Decide in the sentence if the commas are used correctly or incorrectly.My brother likes to play football so, he goes to practice daily. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 45. Complete the sentence with the correct punctuation. What do you think Kyle and his dad will cook tonight A) !. B) ?. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 46. When are we going to have recess ..... A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 47. Choose the sentence(s) that correctly uses capitalization and punctuation. A) The girl lost her homework. B) The girl lost her homework. C) The girl lost her homework. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girl lost her homework. 48. Watch out for the broken glass ..... A) ,. B) !. C) ?. D) .... Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .... 49. Use the correct punctuation.OUCH that hurt A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 50. Where should the guests hang their jackets A) Question mark. B) Period. C) Exclamation point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question mark. 51. Our class is the best class in the school ..... A) ?. B) . C) ,. D) ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 52. Do you speak German A) . B) ,. C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ?. 53. Which of the following will ALWAYS be capitalised? A) All proper nouns( Neha, University of Delhi etc.). B) I. C) The first word of all sentences. D) All of the other options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other options. 54. Fill in the missing punctuation mark:Rebecca's mom went to the shop and bought eggs ..... bread ..... milk and sweets. A) !. B) ,. C) :. D) ?. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 55. Put the correct punctuation in the sentence In 1947 ..... India gained independence from the British Empire A) ,. B) . C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ,. 56. I don ..... t like wasting my time for nothing. A) ,. B) '. C) ?. D) ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) '. 57. It is most commonly used when listing. A) Slash. B) Colon. C) Brackets. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 58. Which punctuation marks are missing? Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910 was the first woman doctor A) Quotation marks & full stop. B) Parentheses & full stop. C) Comma & full stop. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parentheses & full stop. 59. They are important symbols in web-addresses. A) Semicolon. B) Parenthesis. C) Commas. D) Slashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slashes. 60. Do you know the way home from school A) Do you know the way home from school?. B) Do You know the way Home from school?. C) Do you know the way home from school?. D) None of above. 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