This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The results of the study were inconclusive, therefore more research needs to be done on the topic. A) Inconclusive, but therefore. B) Inconclusive, therefore,. C) Inconclusive; therefore,. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inconclusive; therefore,. 2. Which sentence uses both hyphens and dashes correctly? A) Have a seat-the one in the corner is fine-and tell me your good-news. B) Checkouts 1 and 2-the ones at the front of the store-are for self-service customers only. C) This life-size painting is-a beautiful example of. D) Your greenish-yellow color means one thing-you're sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Checkouts 1 and 2-the ones at the front of the store-are for self-service customers only. 3. Ida jumped into her boat and she headed east. A) , and. B) And,. C) Ida,. D) As it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) , and. 4. Identify ALL the NOUNS in this sentence. The swimming pool had a slide and a diving board. A) Slide, diving board. B) Pool. C) Slide. D) Pool, slide, diving board. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pool, slide, diving board. 5. Does this sentence need commas?Alfred the Great king of the Anglo Saxons was able to push back the Vikings. A) No, all good. B) Yes, after Anglo Saxons-introductory phrase. C) Yes, after Great and Saxons-extra information. D) Yes, after Great-introductory phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, after Great and Saxons-extra information. 6. Find all the punctuation. A) Most of the executives are going to be late so lets reschedule this meeting for tomorrow. B) Most of the executives are going to be late so lets reschedule this meeting for tomorrow. C) Most of the executives are going to be late, so lets reschedule this meeting for tomorrow. D) Most of the executives are going to be late, so lets reschedule this meeting for tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most of the executives are going to be late, so lets reschedule this meeting for tomorrow. 7. What is the indirect object of this sentence:Marco and I visited my mom in New Jersey. A) I. B) My mom. C) Marco. D) New Jersey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom. 8. What is the purpose of a (coordinating) conjunction? A) Hooks up two independent clauses to create one sentence. B) To show your function!. C) FANBOYS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hooks up two independent clauses to create one sentence. 9. Use to separate parts of certain compound nouns A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Apostrophe. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 10. Where does the hyphen best fit in the following sentence:A terrible mid air collision occurred on Saturday. A) On-. B) O-. C) Mid-. D) Te-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid-. 11. How many independent clauses may be joined together in one sentence? A) Only two. B) Five. C) Any number, but usually two. D) Twelve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any number, but usually two. 12. What is the correct punctuation for this sentence:The lady bug climbed up the tree branch in order to reach the flowers A) !. B) ?. C) ;. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 13. John went to the park for one reason to get revenge. A) Reason. B) Reason,. C) Reason;. D) Reason:. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reason:. 14. Right or wrong:Lisa gave me the jellybeans. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 15. Despite the rain, they continued the football match. A) Correct. B) Not Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. Which would correct the TV show title?My little sister loves to watch SpongeBob SquarePants. A) Quotation marks. B) Capitalization. C) Italics. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as is. 17. What is the indirect object of this sentence:My friends baked a cake for me on my birthday A) A cake. B) On my birthday. C) My friends. D) For me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For me. 18. Choose the sentence with no errors in the use of commas. A) No you do not have to do Membean training over the summer. B) During the summer we always eat ice cream, and watch movies outside. C) We packed sandwiches, chips, lemonade, and sunscreen for the picnic. D) My brother who loves surfing always wakes up early on vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We packed sandwiches, chips, lemonade, and sunscreen for the picnic. 19. Identify whether the following is a fragment, run-on, or correct:Although I loved visiting Disney World. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 20. What types of sentences have periods at the end? A) Declarative and Imperative. B) Declarative and interrogative. C) Imperative and interrogative. D) Imperative and Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative and Imperative. 21. Which of these homonyms are referring to the place? A) Their. B) They're. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 22. What type of sentence is the following?"I love going to school, but I hate getting up so early!" A) Simple. B) Compound-Complex. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 23. Why is the dog barking A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 24. If I am connecting sentence A and sentence B with a semicolon, do I need a capital letter at the start of sentence B? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 25. Today is April 8 2015.What belongs between the 8 and 2015? A) !. B) ,. C) ?. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 26. Victoriano is the BEST SCHOOL A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 27. Identify the correct punctuation mark to end each sentence. I take the bus to school every day A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 28. What is the missing punctuation?Maya went to the shops and bought some oranges apples and figs. A) ,. B) ?. C) . D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ,. 29. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Please bring the following items to class:pencils, paper and a book. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Identify the correct punctuation mark to end each sentence. I absolutely love tacos A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. 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