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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "It was the best of times, the worst of times." A) " the worst of times.". B) Correct as is. C) "It was the best the worst of times.". D) "It was the the worst of times.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "It was the best the worst of times.". 2. What is the subject of the sentence below? The yellow wagon was broken. A) Was. B) Wagon. C) Was broken. D) The yellow wagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wagon. 3. Is the following sentence CORRECT or INCORRECT (focusing on punctuation)? She poured 23 cups of flour into the dough instead of two-thirds, and the oven exploded. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 4. Because I took lessons, I know how to ski very well. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 5. Why were you late A) ?. B) !. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 6. Which punctuation mark belongs after Daddy? Dear Daddy A) ! (exclamation point). B) , (comma). C) . (period). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , (comma). 7. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:We just had Christmas break A) ?. B) . C) !. D) ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 8. The dash-used when expressing a non essential-can be confusing to many students' grammar understanding. A) Change dashes to parentheses. B) Add a hyphen to non essential:non-essential. C) Change the apostrophe on students' to be the following:student's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add a hyphen to non essential:non-essential. 9. Patty is in ..... because he lied to his dad about the broken window. A) Troble. B) Troubel. C) Troubel. D) Trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trouble. 10. Identify the VERB in the following sentence.Michael knocked the ball out of the park during practice. A) Michael. B) Knocked. C) Ball. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knocked. 11. Which sentence is an example of an exclamatory sentence? A) The sun is shining brightly. B) Did you finish your homework?. C) What a beautiful day it is!. D) Please close the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What a beautiful day it is!. 12. What does the morpheme re-mean? A) Again, back. B) Not, reversal. C) In front of, previous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again, back. 13. Which sentence uses a comma and quotation marks, correctly? A) Jay asked, Can you attend my party?. B) Jay asked, "Can you attend my party?". C) Jay asked, "Can you attend my party?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jay asked, "Can you attend my party?". 14. Kara tuned the guitars for ..... and ..... A) John, she. B) Him, me. C) Him, I. D) He, John. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Him, me. 15. This is my new dog ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 16. Is this punctuation right or wrong?Today is Monday? A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 17. Why do we use full stops? A) To mark the end of a sentence. B) To make a list. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To mark the end of a sentence. 18. Which of these is a colon? A) :. B) ;. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 19. Last night's rain left the tree-lined trail in the park wet and muddy ..... nevertheless, I enjoyed the fresh, clean air on my morning job. A) Dash. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicolon. 20. What is the correct punctuation for this sentence:We're going to Disney World A) !. B) ?. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 21. In the following sentence, where should the comma be placed? Timothy loves art but Aaron likes football. A) After the word but. B) After the word art. C) After the word Timothy. D) After the word loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the word art. 22. Determine if the sentence is correctly punctuated or not: "Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk, and we enjoyed it." A) A) Correct. B) B) Not correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Correct. 23. Does the following sentence have CORRECT or INCORRECT punctuation? We traveled to Glasgow; Scotland, London; England, and Edinburgh; Scotland. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 24. They describe what the story is about. A) Problem. B) Events. C) Solution. D) Setting. E) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Events. 25. Commas are used to show possession and ownership. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Ashlyn was born on October 4, 2010. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Does the following sentence have CORRECT or INCORRECT punctuation? You're my best friend; I would never lie about that. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 28. Which would correct the album title?"Nevermind" is Nirvana's best album. A) Italics. B) Correct as is. C) Quotation marks. D) Capitalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 29. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:The distance from Beloit, Kansas, to Dax's house is fifteen miles. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Which of the following sentences correctly uses commas to separate items in a list?a) My favorite colors are red blue and green.b) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green.c) My favorite colors are red blue, and green. A) My favorite colors are red blue, and green. B) My favorite colors are, red, blue, and green. C) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green. D) My favorite colors are red blue and green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green. 31. An incomplete sentence is called ..... A) A fragment. B) A friggle. C) A fraggle. D) A froggle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fragment. 32. What do sentences need? A) An exclamation mark. B) A capital letter and full stop. C) 5 commas and 2 full stops. D) A lot of question marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A capital letter and full stop. 33. Although blue eyes are less common than brown they are now becoming even more rare. A) NO CHANGE. B) Brown, they. C) Brown; they. D) Brown:they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brown, they. 34. Chikylah made a list of ways to manage stress ** ..... : ..... ** deep breathing, journaling, and exercising. A) :. B) -. C) ;. D) '. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 35. Which punctuation should you use for the following? Caring for Your Pet (magazine article) A) "Caring for Your Pet". B) Caring for Your Pet. C) Caring for Your Pet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Caring for Your Pet". 36. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.Beekeepers used to keep bees in baskets but now they use wooden boxes. A) Beekeepers used to keep, bees in baskets but now they use wooden boxes. B) Beekeepers used to keep bees in baskets but, now they use wooden boxes. C) Beekeepers used to keep bees in baskets, but now they use wooden boxes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beekeepers used to keep bees in baskets, but now they use wooden boxes. 37. Complete the sentence with a punctuation mark.I can't wait to eat stuffing ..... and Zoom with my family. A) :. B) ,. C) Nothing. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 38. Use to indicate the name of a religion A) Capital Letters. B) Colon. C) Quotation Marks. D) Italics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital Letters. 39. Use to set off nonrestrictive clauses from the rest of the sentence A) Quotation Marks. B) Bracket. C) Comma. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 40. Which one is the correct contraction? A) Weve. B) W'eve. C) Wev'e. D) We've. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We've. 41. Your next assignment is due/do on Friday. A) Due. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due. 42. She had drive and talent necessary for success in theatre. A) She had drive, and talent necessary for success in theatre. B) She had drive, and talent, necessary for success in theatre. C) She had, drive and talent necessary, for success in theatre. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No change. 43. Select the correct use of quotation marks in the given sentence:She said, I love this song.a) She said, "I love this song."b) She said, I love this song.c) She said, 'I love this song.' A) She said, "I love this song.". B) She said, 'I love this song.'. C) "She said, I love this song.". D) She said, I love this song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said, "I love this song.". 44. The dash is much the like ..... , only it's a longer pause. A) Comma. B) Semi-colon. C) Period. D) Exclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 45. In a sentence, we call the action done by the subject a A) Predicate. B) Noun. C) Subject. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate. 46. Does the following sentence have CORRECT or INCORRECT punctuation? Most of you didn't follow directions, therefore, we will all revise our tests. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 47. Although I am exhausted from work. A) Phrase. B) Dependent Clause. C) Independent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 48. What words needs to be capitalized?I am going to watch the clemson game this weekend. A) Watch. B) Game. C) Clemson. D) Weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clemson. 49. What is your favorite game ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 50. Sarah wore a read/red dress to her dance recital. A) Red. B) Read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 51. How does using an apostrophe show possession with a plural noun? A) Adding es after an apostrophe. B) Adding an apostrophe plus the letter s. C) Put an apostrophe after the s. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Put an apostrophe after the s. 52. Kevin's and Jared's dogs were barking nonstop. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 53. Which phrase uses commas? A) Comma phrases. B) Adjective phrases. C) Restrictive phrases. D) Nonrestrictive phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrestrictive phrases. 54. Disneyland is closed today. A) Disneyland is closed Today. B) Disneyland is Closed Today. C) Disneyland Is closed Today. D) Disneyland is closed today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disneyland is closed today. 55. Identify the correct punctuation for a complex sentence:'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.' A) Although it was raining; we went for a walk. B) Although it was raining, we went for a walk. C) Although it was raining we went for a walk. D) Although, it was raining we went for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although it was raining, we went for a walk. 56. Dad is coming home A) . B) ,. C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 57. Which answer best describes the red text below? A) Compound-complex sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Incomplete sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex sentence. 58. Book Title:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. B) "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 59. It was really cold last week ..... however, it's been hot for the last few days. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 60. True, or false?Colons are used for explanations and extra information. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuation Quiz 1Punctuation Quiz 2Punctuation Quiz 3Punctuation Quiz 4Punctuation Quiz 5Punctuation Quiz 7Punctuation Quiz 8Punctuation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books