This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Literary critics are often less interested, in any particular book or writer than they are in placing groups of books and writers into facile categories. A) Often less interested. In. B) NO CHANGE. C) Often less interested in. D) Often-less interested-in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Often less interested in. 2. I was at my house when the rain started to fall early in the morning. I was just about to go inside when I felt the drops fall one after another. Drip. Drip. Drip. The sky was full of dark clouds and light flashing from the clouds. Thunder began soft as thunder. I ran inside just before it started pouring. Where does the story take place? A) Space. B) An apartment. C) A hotel. D) A house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A house. 3. (Where does the semicolon [;] go?)I have a meeting at 9 in the morning please do not bother me tonight. A) After "meeting". B) After "morning". C) After "bother". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After "morning". 4. Which sentence is correctly capitalized and punctuated? A) She likes to read books, watch movies, and play games. B) She likes to read books watch movies and play games. C) She likes to read books, watch movies, and play games. D) She likes to read books, watch movies and play games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She likes to read books, watch movies, and play games. 5. Which word is the simple subject? The shiny blue balloon popped! A) The. B) Shiny. C) Balloon. D) Popped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balloon. 6. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:2, 154 fans attended the game. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What is missing in this sentence?I had pears peas and grapes for a snack. A) !. B) ?. C) ,. D) #. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ,. 8. Pick the sentence with the possessive apostrophe in the correct place.This umbrella isn't mine. It's someone ..... A) Elses. B) Else's. C) Elses'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Else's. 9. Rhonda talked with ..... for hours. A) Us. B) Her and I. C) Jerry and I. D) She and I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Us. 10. Do not spell out numbers that you can write in one or two words. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. As the image had been a gift from his old schoolmaster; he was concerned at the absence of the item. A) From his old schoolmaster, he was concerned. B) From his old schoolmaster; they were concerned. C) NO CHANGE. D) From his old, schoolmaster, he was concerned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From his old schoolmaster, he was concerned. 12. Which sentence uses end punctuation correctly? A) Are you coming to the party?. B) Are you coming to the party,. C) Are you coming to the party. D) Are you coming to the party!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are you coming to the party?. 13. Would you like to play with me A) ,. B) !. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 14. What do you call the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence does or is? A) Verb. B) Subject. C) Adjective. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 15. Jade is my best friend at school A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 16. EXERCISE 3:ApostrophesAdd apostrophes where needed. Some sentences may be correct as written.All caterpillars skin is very flexible. A) Correct as written. B) All caterpillar's skin is very flexible. C) All caterpillar's' skin is very flexible. D) All caterpillars' skin is very flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All caterpillars' skin is very flexible. 17. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #5 A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 18. Both the salutation and the closing of a letter must be capitalized. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which answer choice uses dashes correctly? A) Do you-mean this, or that-?. B) I want to help-you-but I can't now. C) Ms. Jones, my piano teacher-teaches on Saturdays. D) Mr. Franklin-I mean, Coach-can you help me with this move?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Franklin-I mean, Coach-can you help me with this move?. 20. What type of sentence is "Did you finish your homework?" ? A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 21. Which type of sentence tells something or gives information? A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 22. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.The worker bees produce royal jelly a protein-rich substance from special glands. A) The worker, bees produce royal jelly a protein-rich substance from special glands. B) The worker bees, produce royal jelly a protein-rich substance from special glands. C) The worker bees produce royal jelly, a protein-rich substance, from special glands. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The worker bees produce royal jelly, a protein-rich substance, from special glands. 23. EXERCISE 2:Semicolons and ColonsAdd semicolons and colons where needed.Fireflies are actually beetles they are not really flies. A) Fireflies are actually beetles; they are not really flies. B) Fireflies:are actually beetles they are not really flies. C) Fireflies are actually; beetles they are not really flies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fireflies are actually beetles; they are not really flies. 24. Which symbol is parenthesis? A) -. B) ( ). C) :. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ( ). 25. This punctuation mark is used to rewrite text from another source. A) Period. B) Comma. C) Quotation mark. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation mark. 26. Do not use a comma before and, or, or but when it joins simple sentences into a compound sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. In the car on the way to school ..... she finished the rest of her homework. A) ?. B) ,. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 28. Why do we use exclamation marks? A) To finish a sentence. B) To sound excited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sound excited. 29. Young-Hee failed her English test nevertheless she was able to get a good job. A) Young-Hee failed her English test ; nevertheless she was able to get a good job. B) Young-Hee failed her English test, nevertheless; she was able to get a good job. C) Young-Hee failed her English test:nevertheless she was able to get a good job. D) Young-Hee failed her English test ; nevertheless, she was able to get a good job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Young-Hee failed her English test ; nevertheless, she was able to get a good job. 30. Are semicolons and colons ALWAYS interchangeable? (Can they do the same thing?) A) They are always interchangeable; both can always join two independent clauses. B) They are sometimes interchangeable; it depends on how well the clauses are related and where the author wants to put emphasis. C) They are never interchangeable; they do totally different things in sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are sometimes interchangeable; it depends on how well the clauses are related and where the author wants to put emphasis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation Quiz 1Punctuation Quiz 2Punctuation Quiz 3Punctuation Quiz 4Punctuation Quiz 6Punctuation Quiz 7Punctuation Quiz 8Punctuation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books