This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Quotation Marks – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Quotation Marks Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation. A) "It's a beautiful day, " said Mary. B) "it's a beautiful day, " said Mary. C) "Its a beautiful day, " said Mary. D) "It's a beautiful day, " said mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "It's a beautiful day, " said Mary. 2. True or False:When you cite evidence from a passage, you should always put quotation marks around the evidence that you copied. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Sally asked, "Are you coming over ..... A) After school today". B) After school today?. C) After school today?". D) After school today" ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After school today?". 4. What is that youre carrying she asked A) "What is that you're carrying, she asked. B) "What is that you're carrying?" she asked. C) What is that you're carrying, she asked. D) "What is that youre carrying, she asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "What is that you're carrying?" she asked. 5. Choose the sentence that uses the correct format of titles.A. Snow White is a famous Disney movie.B. "Snow White" is a famous Disney movie. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 6. Where should quotation marks be added to the sentence below?That's so funny laughed Liz but let's focus. A) Before thats, after laughed, before but, and after focus. B) Before that's, after so, before but, and after focus. C) Before that's, after funny, before but, and after focus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before that's, after funny, before but, and after focus. 7. "Are those Aztec or Mayan ..... asked Mary. A) Ruins?". B) Ruins, ". C) Ruins?, ". D) Ruins". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ruins?". 8. Complete the interrupted quotation: "I think, " whispered Sarah, " ..... should be quiet now." A) We,. B) We,. C) We. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We. 9. Which is an indirect quote: A) The boy said that he loved Jenny. B) The boy said, "I love you, Jenny.". C) The boy sa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy said that he loved Jenny. 10. What is an example of a correctly punctuated sentence with dialogue? A) "Let's go to the park, " Anna suggested. B) "Lets go to the park" suggested Anna. C) "Lets go to the park, " suggested Anna. D) "Let's go to the park, " suggested Anna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Let's go to the park, " suggested Anna. 11. True or False:To make a conversation in a story easy to read, you should start a new paragraph each time a different character starts speaking. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What punctuation marks are used to indicate a direct quote? A) Quotation marks. B) Parentheses. C) Exclamation marks. D) Asterisks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks. 13. Choose the sentence that correctly separates the dialogue: "Is it going to rain today?" asked Lucy. "I hope not!" replied Sam. A) "Is it going to rain today?" asked Lucy, "I hope not!" replied Sam. B) "Is it going to rain today, " asked Lucy, "I hope not, " replied Sam. C) "Is it going to rain today?" asked Lucy. "I hope not!" replied Sam. D) "Is it going to rain today, " asked Lucy. "I hope not, " replied Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Is it going to rain today?" asked Lucy. "I hope not!" replied Sam. 14. Identify the sentence with correct punctuation for a quote within a quote. A) "Did she really say, 'I am the best'?" asked Tom. B) "Did she really say, 'I am the best?" ' asked Tom. C) "Did she really say, 'I am the best'? asked Tom. D) "Did she really say, 'I am the best" '? asked Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Did she really say, 'I am the best'?" asked Tom. 15. Complete the sentence:The coach yelled, " ..... team is the best!" A) Our,. B) Our,. C) Our. D) Our. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our. 16. Is this sentence written correctly? "It's in the corner, replied Julie. It is sittingnext to Parker's." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. What needs to be done to the first word in a direct quotation?"We absolutely love ice cream, " Jennie proclaimed. A) What's a direct quotation?. B) It needs to capitalized. C) It should be lower case. D) It should be bolded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It needs to capitalized. 18. Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks and commas in dialogue? A) "I can't believe it's already noon, " said John. B) I can't believe it's already noon, " said John. C) "I can't believe it's already noon" said John. D) I can't believe it's already noon, said John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I can't believe it's already noon, " said John. 19. Explain the difference between paraphrasing and quoting directly from the text. A) Paraphrasing involves using the exact words from the text, while quoting directly involves restating the original text in your own words. B) Paraphrasing involves restating the original text in your own words, while quoting directly involves using the exact words from the text enclosed in quotation marks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphrasing involves restating the original text in your own words, while quoting directly involves using the exact words from the text enclosed in quotation marks. 20. "Could you also get some tape? asked Laurie. I want to hang up my work." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 21. Where should the quotation marks be placed in this sentence? Mr. Taylor suggested come over for dinner. A) "Mr. Taylor suggested. "Come over for dinner. B) Mr. Taylor suggested, "Come over for dinner.". C) Mr. Taylor suggested, "Come over for dinner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Taylor suggested, "Come over for dinner.". 22. What happens to punctuation when a quote is at the end of a sentence? A) The punctuation for the sentence goes outside the quotation marks. B) The punctuation is replaced with a semicolon. C) The punctuation for the sentence goes inside the quotation marks. D) The punctuation is omitted entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The punctuation for the sentence goes inside the quotation marks. 23. What is the CORRECT way to write the sentence below as a direct quotation?Please put away your books the teacher said. A) "Please put away your books." the teacher said. B) "Please put away your books, " the teacher said. C) "Please put away your books." The teacher said. D) "Please put away your books" the teacher said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Please put away your books, " the teacher said. 24. If your QUOTE is at the beginning ..... which of the following is correctly punctuated? A) Jen said. "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole.". B) "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole, " said Jen. C) "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole." asked Jen. D) "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole!" asked Jen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole, " said Jen. 25. Are quotation marks and punctuation correct? "Can I watch television?" asked Tina. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 26. B'Day (Album/CD) A) B-Day. B) B-Day. C) "B-Day". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B-Day. 27. True or False:Quotation marks are used to indicate a speaker's exact words. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis? How to Go to College explains that "[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless" ( ..... ). A) Smith 234. B) How to Go to College. C) Smith. D) 234. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smith 234. 29. Is the following sentence written correctly? "This candy is for you, " I told my sister nicely. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 30. Combine these sentences:Jimmy is funny.Seth is funny. A) Jimmy is awesome. B) Jimmy and Seth are funny. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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