This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Can I go to the party (to, too, two)? A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too. 2. Before arriving at the station, the old train (someone said it was a relic of frontier days) caught fire. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Replace parentheses with colons. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All punctuation is correct. 3. A contraction shortens words by replacing one or more letters with an ..... A) Semicolon:. B) Apostrophe '. C) Colon:. D) Comma,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe '. 4. What can you use after a semicolon? A) Conjuntion. B) Conjunctive adverb. C) Pronoun. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunctive adverb. 5. Miss Easterly's students are the best because they always listen to everything she says. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 6. We spent more time on our science fair project than Karen and Denny did, but everyone is ignoring our work to view their's instead! A) Their's contains a correct apostrophe. B) Theirs should have the apostrophe after the s:theirs'. C) Theirs should not have an apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theirs should not have an apostrophe. 7. I attend hewlett elementary school. A) I attend Hewlett Elementary School. B) I attend hewlett elementary School. C) I Attend Hewlett Elementary school. D) I attend hewlett elementary school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I attend Hewlett Elementary School. 8. What's wrong with this sentence?'I really like to eat pizza and hamburgers' A) Nothing. B) It needs a comma. C) There is an 'and'. D) There is no full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no full stop. 9. A period (.) is for A) Telling. B) Asking. C) Yelling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telling. 10. What is missing in this sentence?The students said, That I understand! A) Comma,. B) Exclamation point !. C) Period . D) Quotation marks '' ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quotation marks '' ''. 11. What is an imperative sentence? A) Asks a question. B) Tells a statement. C) Gives a command. D) Expresses strong feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives a command. 12. Select the sentence that properly uses a semicolon between two independent clauses. A) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow; she will be on vacation. B) She can't, attend the meeting tomorrow; she will be on vacation. C) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow, she will be on vacation. D) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow; because she will be on vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow; she will be on vacation. 13. The elevator to success is out of order; you'll have to use the stairs. Punctuated correctly? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 14. Identify the sentence type:'Although it was raining, we went for a walk, and we enjoyed it.' A) Compound-complex. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-complex. 15. Choose all the words that need to be capitalized in the following sentence:My friend lives in the city of pocatello. A) Pocatello. B) City. C) Friend. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pocatello. 16. What type of punctuation do you use for an interrogative sentence? A) A comma. B) An exclamation point. C) A period. D) A question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A question mark. 17. Which sentence is an example of an interrogative sentence? A) Please close the door. B) Did you finish your homework?. C) The sun is shining brightly. D) What a beautiful day it is!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you finish your homework?. 18. Hyphens are used to separate items in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What are lowercase letters? A) ABCDEFG. B) Abcdefg. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abcdefg. 20. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:The test is over, put down your pencils A) !. B) ?. C) ". D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . 21. What other punctuation mark could divide a compound sentence A) Ampersand &. B) Semi-colon ;. C) Colon:. D) Period . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi-colon ;. 22. What punctuation is needed in this sentence? "If you want to succeed you must work hard." A) No comma needed. B) Comma after "succeed". C) Comma after "must". D) Comma after "you". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma after "succeed". 23. Which of the following sentences correctly uses end punctuation in a question?a) What is your nameb) What is your name?c) What is your name! A) What is your name?. B) What is your name!. C) What is:your name. D) What is your name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is your name?. 24. Identify the sentence that has the correct punctuation. A) "I forgot my homework at home"! cried Kate. B) I forgot my homework at home! cried Kate. C) "I forgot my homework at home!" cried Kate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I forgot my homework at home!" cried Kate. 25. Jenna and I hoped to go surfing, and my mom wanted to read a book after napping on the beach. A) Keep comma. B) Delete comma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep comma. 26. I've done all my chores; therefore, I deserve to go hang out with my friends. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 27. Identify the punctuation: A) Full stop. B) Apostrophe. C) Colon. D) Semi colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colon. 28. All of the football players uniforms smelled like a garbage can. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 29. James YouTube channel has no subscribers. A) Jame's. B) James'. C) NO CHANGE. D) James's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James's. 30. ..... is the time and place in which a story takes place. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 31. Identify the function of the punctuationI enjoy many sports; I love to read when I have the time. A) Shows additional information is to follow. B) Separate clauses in a sentence. C) Place additional information in parenthesis. D) Separates two main clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separates two main clauses. 32. Is the colon necessary? The cheeseburger had:cheese, ketchup, pickles. A) Yes it is. B) No its not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No its not. 33. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.Blossom was born on January 8 2007. A) Blossom was born, on January 8, 2007. B) Blossom, was born on January 8, 2007. C) Blossom was born on, January 8, 2007. D) Blossom was born on January 8, 2007. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blossom was born on January 8, 2007. 34. The DASH ..... and the PARENTHESIS ..... A) Speaks / shows. B) Shouts / whispers. C) Shows / speaks. D) Whispers / shouts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouts / whispers. 35. My brother, a 26 year old male, is watching TV. A) My brother a 26 year old male is watching TV. B) My brother a 26 year old male, is watching TV. C) No change. D) My brother, a 26 year old male is watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No change. 36. Santa, and his elves went to bed after a long night of making gifts. A) Santa and his elves went to bed after a long night of making gifts. B) Santa and his elves went to bed after a long night of making gifts. C) Santa and his elves went to bed after a long night of making gifts. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Santa and his elves went to bed after a long night of making gifts. 37. Chris Voisey told ..... that quartz acts like a natural battery, attracting more gold with each seismic event. A) Journalist, Tom Howarth. B) Journalist Tom Howarth. C) Journalist Tom Howarth;. D) Journalist:Tom Howarth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Journalist Tom Howarth. 38. I introduce the information that comes after me. Who am I? A) Semicolon. B) Ellipsis. C) Dash. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colon. 39. What should I change about this sentence?:My Himalayan cat loves the cold weather. My tropical plants on the other hand really hate the cold. A) Nothing it's perfect!. B) MY should not be capitalized. C) There should be a comma after ON THE OTHER HAND. D) There should be commas both before AND after ON THE OTHER HAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There should be commas both before AND after ON THE OTHER HAND. 40. "Let me go see what's outside." I looked outside and my eyes popped; my chin dropped; and I stared. A) NO CHANGE. B) Outside;" I was looking. C) Outside, " then, when I looked. D) Outside, " I looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 41. Choose the correct contraction for the given sentence:They will not be able to attend the meeting. a) They'll not be able to attend the meeting. b) They won't be able to attend the meeting. c) They will not be able to attend the meeting. A) They'll not be able to attend the meeting. B) They won't be able to attend the meeting. C) They will not be able to attend the meeting. D) They willn't be able to attend the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They won't be able to attend the meeting. 42. Few of the gardeners abandon ..... gardens in the summer. A) Its. B) Their. C) His. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 43. Judy leads a charmed life she never seems to have a serious accident. A) Life; she. B) No Change. C) Life, she. D) Life, yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life; she. 44. What is a predicate? A) The predicate of the sentence is the person, place, or thing that the sentence is about/ who or what is performing the action or state of being. B) The predicate of the sentence is the action or the state of being in the sentence. C) The predicate of the sentence is the groups of words with a noun and a verb. D) The predicate of the sentence is the punctuation that goes in between clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The predicate of the sentence is the action or the state of being in the sentence. 45. Where does the colon best fit in the following sentence:Dear Taxpayer A) Tax:payer. B) Taxpayer:. C) :Dear Taxpayer. D) Dear:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taxpayer:. 46. What is a period (.) used for? A) I don't use them because I hate them!. B) To start a sentence. C) To join a sentence. D) To end a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To end a sentence. 47. What punctuation mark represents an exclamation point? A) !. B) ?. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 48. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #14 A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 49. I have a pet dog. A) I Have A Pet dog. B) I have a pet dog. C) I have A pet dog. D) I have a pet dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have a pet dog. 50. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma to separate items in a list?a) I bought apples bananas and oranges.b) I bought apples, bananas and oranges.c) I bought apples bananas, and oranges. A) I bought apples bananas and oranges. B) I bought, apples, bananas and oranges. C) I bought apples bananas, and oranges. D) I bought apples, bananas, and oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I bought apples, bananas, and oranges. 51. What is the correct contraction for this set of words:She's A) She knows. B) She would. C) She is. D) She sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is. 52. "Although she was hungry ..... she didn't want to eat." A) :. B) . C) ;. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ,. 53. Which is written correctly using APOSTROPHES and APOSTROPHE usage? A) Wind Energy is used in many places, and its' popularity is growing more around the world. B) Wind Energy is used in many places, and its popularity is growing more around the world. C) Wind Energy is used in many places, and it's popularity is growing more around the world. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind Energy is used in many places, and its popularity is growing more around the world. 54. What error is the following sentence an example of?I don't like pizza very much it gives me heartburn. A) Fragment. B) Comma-splice. C) No error; this is a complete sentence. D) Run-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-on. 55. What is the correct contraction for the words:I have A) I'b. B) I'd. C) I've've. D) I've. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I've. 56. How would you fix the following sentence:After you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. A) After you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. B) After you have finished taking out the trash, you may watch your favorite show. C) After you have finished, taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. D) After, you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After you have finished taking out the trash, you may watch your favorite show. 57. Where does the semicolon best fit in the following sentence:The tulips, which looked so beautiful this spring, were planted only last fall, however, we will have to move them when we build the new garage. A) The tulips;. B) Spring;. C) Fall;. D) However;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fall;. 58. We will celebrate ethan's birthday on march 29th. A) We will Celebrate Ethan's birthday on march 29th. B) We Will Celebrate Ethan's Birthday on March 29th. C) We Will celebrate Ethan's birthday on March 29th. D) We will celebrate Ethan's birthday on March 29th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We will celebrate Ethan's birthday on March 29th. 59. Jeremy won the game and shouted, "Hooray ..... " A) ?. B) !. C) ,. D) '' ''. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) !. 60. What is this?; ; ; ; ; ; ; A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. 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