This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Poems should be written with ..... A) Italics. B) Quotations. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotations. 2. Which of the following has punctuation? A) The weeds in my yard are very green, unfortunately, the grass is brown and dying. B) The weeds in my yard are very green; unfortunately the grass is brown and dying. C) The weeds in my yard are very green; unfortunately, the grass is brown and dying. D) The weeds in my yard are very green. Unfortunately the grass is brown and dying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The weeds in my yard are very green, unfortunately, the grass is brown and dying. 3. Use these to separate items in a series A) Dash. B) Comma. C) Colon. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 4. Select the correct use of an apostrophe and/or possessive/plural word in the following sentence:I lost last ..... yearbook, so this time I'm buying two. A) Years. B) Year's. C) Years'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Year's. 5. They are the people or animals in the story. A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Problem. D) Solution. E) Events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 6. Identify whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly:A Raisin in the Sun, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men:these are the novels and plays Mrs. McMillen's students will read this semester. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 7. The most original architect in years is ..... A) Her. B) She. C) Him. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 8. Which answer best describes the red text below?Studying paid off; I got an A. A) Complex sentence. B) Compound-complex sentence. C) Compound sentence. D) Compuddle sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound sentence. 9. True or False:A hyphen joins two words together into one concept (like "well-being" or "two-thirds" ). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. I am used when you want to add extra information. Who am I? A) Dash. B) Ellipsis. C) Parentheses. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parentheses. 11. The test tubes are fragile. Handle ..... carefully. A) Them. B) They. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Them. 12. What is the definition of a simple sentence? A) One independent clause. B) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction. C) One Santa clause. D) One dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One independent clause. 13. What two words are used to make the contractiondon't A) Does not. B) Did not. C) Do not. D) Donot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do not. 14. The tree is very tall old and green. A) Very tall, old and green. B) Very, tall, old, and green. C) Very tall old, and green. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very tall, old and green. 15. Is this comma used correctly?Even though I don't like grammar review, I don't mind doing it in a game. A) Yes-a comma after an introductory phrase. B) No comma needed. C) There should be a period where the comma is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-a comma after an introductory phrase. 16. I needed a total of fifty ..... six bricks to finish the wall. A) Semicolon. B) Dash. C) Hyphen. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyphen. 17. Where does the colon go in the following sentence?Please pick up these items a gallon of milk, a laptop, and a blowtorch. A) After pick. B) After laptop. C) After gallon. D) After items. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After items. 18. Identify whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly:Mrs. McMillen began talking-she had just shown "The American Dreamer, " about how Fitzgerald lived a chaotically reckless life. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 19. Choose the phrase that is written correctly. A) Mrs. bonnie black. B) Mrs. Bonnie Black. C) Mrs bonnie black. D) Mrs Bonnie Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Bonnie Black. 20. From then on, her one-and-only sister-in-law Helen would make the cookies herself and share them with her immediate and extended family. A) NO CHANGE. B) Sister in law called Helen,. C) Sister in-law, who was named Helen,. D) Sister-in-law, Helen,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sister-in-law, Helen,. 21. Identify whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly:We didn't like the new schedule, however, we were helpless to the decisions being made by upper-management. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 22. In which of the following situations should a question mark be used? A) When writing a title. B) When asking a direct question. C) When expressing excitement. D) When making a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When asking a direct question. 23. I'm going to ..... my nicest shoes. A) Wear. B) Where. C) Ware. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wear. 24. What is the definition of a compound-complex sentence? A) One independent clause. B) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction. C) One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. D) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction along with one or more dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction along with one or more dependent clauses. 25. A sentence must end with ..... A) Semicolon. B) A period, question mark, or an exclamation point. C) A period. D) A comma or a question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A period, question mark, or an exclamation point. 26. My therapist says I am preoccupied with vengeance ..... we'll see about that. A) Yes, this sentence is punctuated correctly. B) No, this sentence is not punctuated correctly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, this sentence is punctuated correctly. 27. Is this punctuation right or wrong?Ouch! A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 28. You use commas around phrases that begin with "that", but not for phrases that begin with "which." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. Having seen the movie already I stayed home. A) Having seen the movie, already, I stayed home. B) No change. C) Having seen the movie already, I stayed home. D) Having seen, the movie already, I stayed home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having seen the movie already, I stayed home. 30. Which symbol is a colon? A) -. B) ( ). C) :. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation Quiz 1Punctuation Quiz 2Punctuation Quiz 3Punctuation Quiz 5Punctuation Quiz 6Punctuation Quiz 7Punctuation Quiz 8Punctuation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books