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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following symbols is an ellipsis? A) :. B) . C) . D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 2. Which of the following is correct? I watched the herd of cows graze in the pasture, and it was really relaxing. A) Cows. B) Cow's. C) Cows'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cows. 3. What two parts of speech will never follow a colon? A) Verbs and nouns. B) Verbs and prepositions. C) Prepositions and conjunctions. D) Conjunctions and nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbs and prepositions. 4. Is the colon used correctly in the following sentence? "Before you leave, remember to take:your keys, your wallet, and your phone." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 5. What does the word possessive or possession mean? A) To be protective. B) To show dislike. C) To be aggressive. D) To show ownership. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show ownership. 6. What is the purpose of an exclamation mark in a sentence? A) To indicate a pause. B) To indicate a question. C) To express strong emotion or surprise. D) To separate items in a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To express strong emotion or surprise. 7. Where does the colon best fit in the following sentence:From recycled paper, we can get these things newspapers, cereal boxes, wrapping paper, cardboard containers, and insulation. A) Cardboard containers:. B) Paper:. C) Things:. D) Newspapers:cereal boxes:wrapping paper:cardboard containers:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Things:. 8. Choose the sentence that correctly employs a comma before "but." A) He, is talented but lazy. B) He is talented but, lazy. C) He is talented, but lazy. D) He is talented but lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is talented, but lazy. 9. Choose the correct contraction for the given sentence:I am not going to the concert.a) I'm not going to the concert.b) I am not going to the concert.c) I am not going to the concert. A) I ain't going to the concert. B) I amn't going to the concert. C) I'm not going to the concert. D) I am not going to the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm not going to the concert. 10. Check capitalization!In May, mice munch on melons that grow north of the Museum of Natural History. A) Incorrect:capitalize north. B) Incorrect:capitalize north and the. C) Incorrect:lowercase museum. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect:capitalize north and the. 11. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Madison got up at 6:30 AM to do her homework. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. My husband and I would swear that in the midst of the party. Sometime between the blowing out of the candles and the last tumbling round of Ring-Around-the-Rosie, it happened. A) Party, sometime between. B) Party; sometime between. C) NO CHANGE. D) Party sometime between. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Party, sometime between. 13. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.Bees store nectar honey and pollen in honeycombs. A) Bees store nectar honey and pollen, in honeycombs. B) Bees store nectar, honey, and pollen in honeycombs. C) Bees store nectar, honey and pollen in honeycombs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bees store nectar, honey, and pollen in honeycombs. 14. What do we call a sentence that makes a command or request? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 15. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Jayson Pengra, Ph.D. is the person I contacted. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Is this comma used correctly in this sentence?This is our second week of school, we have 5 days this week. A) Yes-looks good. B) No-this is a comma in between 2 sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No-this is a comma in between 2 sentences. 17. Choose the best punctuation: "Look out ..... There is a rattlesnake on the path ..... " A) ! / !. B) ! /?. C) ? /:. D) ? / !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ! / !. 18. For hundreds of year, the natives have become especially dependent on willow bark, an ingredient in many of their medicines. A) Willow bark; an ingredient. B) Willow bark being an ingredient. C) Willow bark that is an ingredient. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 19. What is missing from the following sentence? Juan said, Can we go home A) Quotation marks and a question mark. B) Question mark. C) Quotation marks and a period. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks and a question mark. 20. What type of punctuation mark is used to join two, closely-related clauses? A) Semicolon. B) Comma. C) Dash. D) Full stop. E) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 21. A period goes ..... the final quotation mark. '' '' A) Inside. B) Outside. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside. 22. If I had a million dollars, I would visit London, England, Cairo, Egypt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Tokyo, Japan. A) All of the punctuation is correct. B) Change the commas after England, Egypt, and Argentina to semicolons (;). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change the commas after England, Egypt, and Argentina to semicolons (;). 23. Complete the sentence with a punctuation mark.I'd love to hang out after school ..... but I have to read Lord of the Flies. A) ;. B) ,. C) Nothing. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 24. Which one shows plural possession? A) The teachers' board. B) The teacher's board. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teachers' board. 25. Does north need to be capitalized?The Goths originated from Northern Germany. A) No, not a name; just a direction. B) Yes, the name of a place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, not a name; just a direction. 26. Check capitalization! Every Halloween confused little Thadeus dresses like an easter bunny, and every Christmas he cries to go trick-or-treating. A) Correct. B) Incorrect:capitalize Easter. C) Incorrect:lowercase Thadeus. D) Incorrect:capitalize Easter and Bunny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect:capitalize Easter. 27. What type of sentence is this?What do worms eat? A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 28. After dinner is over; we will drink hot chocolate. A) Correct. B) Incorrect-should be a comma after "over.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect-should be a comma after "over.". 29. What is the best way to punctuate this sentence. I went to the store and I went to the park A) I went to the store and I went to the park. B) I went to the store, and I went to the park. C) I, went to the store and I went to the park. D) I went to the store, and went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I went to the store, and went to the park. 30. What is missing from this phrase?St. Louis Missouri A) !. B) ?. C) &. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ,. ← 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