This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Quotation Marks – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Quotation Marks Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the best revision for the following sentence?"Don't forget your swimsuit, " Sam said. A) "don't forget your swimsuit, " Sam said. B) "Don't forget your swimsuit." Sam said. C) Correct as is. D) "don't forget your swimsuit." Sam said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct as is. 2. Simpsons (TV Show) A) Simpsons. B) "Simpsons". C) Simpsons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simpsons. 3. How can direct quotes enhance the credibility of your writing? A) Using direct quotes shows a lack of original thought and weakens the writing. B) Direct quotes provide evidence from reputable sources, experts, or primary texts, adding authority and validity to the writing. C) Direct quotes make the writing less believable by relying on external sources. D) Direct quotes are unnecessary and clutter the writing with irrelevant information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct quotes provide evidence from reputable sources, experts, or primary texts, adding authority and validity to the writing. 4. Select the sentence that has the quotation marks written correctly. A) "The diamond necklace sparkles" she noticed. B) "The diamond necklace sparkles, " she noticed. C) "The diamond necklace sparkles", she noticed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The diamond necklace sparkles, " she noticed. 5. Alex said, "I am very tired." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. Where should the quotation marks go?Oh no! The cake is burning! yelled Jill's mom. A) Oh no! The cake is burning! "yelled Jill's mom. B) "Oh no! The cake is burning!" yelled Jill's mom. C) Oh no! "The cake is burning"! yelled Jill's mom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Oh no! The cake is burning!" yelled Jill's mom. 7. A ..... is used to show WHO is speaking. "Learning quotation mark rules are hard, " Jennie whined. A) Source. B) Quotation mark. C) Broken quotation. D) Speaker tag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker tag. 8. Choose the correct sentence with dialogue punctuation. A) He asked 'Are you coming to the party?'. B) He asked, 'Are you coming to the party?'. C) He asked, 'Are you coming to the party?'. D) He asked, 'are you coming to the party?'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He asked, 'Are you coming to the party?'. 9. The sentence:what are you doing? Is a quotation mark? A) No. B) Yes. C) I dont know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 10. "What's your favorite color" ? he asked. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 11. Which of these sentences correctly separates two parts of a quote? A) "I love this song, " she said, "it's my favorite.". B) "I love this song" she said, "it's my favorite.". C) "I love this song, " she said, "It's my favorite.". D) "I love this song, " she said "it's my favorite.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I love this song, " she said, "it's my favorite.". 12. How do you use quotation marks with dialogue? A) Use quotation marks only at the beginning of the dialogue. B) Start a new paragraph for each speaker and use quotation marks to indicate their spoken words. C) Use quotation marks for thoughts but not for spoken words. D) Place quotation marks around the entire paragraph regardless of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Start a new paragraph for each speaker and use quotation marks to indicate their spoken words. 13. Complete the sentence: "Can we go to the park now?" ..... asked impatiently. A) Her. B) She. C) Her. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 14. Complete the sentence: "Are you coming to the party?" ..... Ben excitedly. A) Asks. B) Asked. C) Asked. D) Asks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked. 15. Choose the sentence that uses the correct format of titles.A. Robert Frost wrote the famous poem, The Road Not Taken.B. Robert Frost wrote the famous poem, "The Road Not Taken." A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 16. "Dogs are the most amazing animals, " said Riley. A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. Complete the sentence with correct punctuation:'Wow, ' ..... Lisa, 'That's amazing!' A) said B) says C) saying D) say A) Say. B) Said. C) Saying. D) Says. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 18. Complete the sentence:'I can't wait for summer vacation, ' ..... Jake with excitement. A) Said. B) Say. C) Saying. D) Says. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 19. Look at the description in parenthesis. Choose the correct format.Reader's Digest (magazine) A) Italics or underlining. B) Quotation marks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics or underlining. 20. What is an example of a quote that needs proper punctuation? A) "It's a beautiful day!" . B) "Its a beautiful day!". C) "Its a beautiful day!" . D) "It's a beautiful day!". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "It's a beautiful day!". 21. In the sentence, 'She said, 'Let's go to the park, ' where should the comma be placed? A) After 'park'. B) After 'She'. C) After 'go'. D) After 'said'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After 'said'. 22. What type of mark is this called:" '' A) Comma. B) Quotation Marks. C) Period. D) Question Mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation Marks. 23. True or False:In dialogue, a comma is used after a tag like 'he said' when it comes before a quote. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. When should you use single quotation marks (')? A) They are the same as double quotation marks ("). B) Never. C) To quote within a quote. D) To form possessives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To quote within a quote. 25. What would go next in this sentence?Drake asked, "What kind of music ..... A) Do you like?. B) Do you like" ?. C) Do you like?". D) Do you like.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do you like?". 26. How should this sentence be written with quotation marks? Summer is my favorite season said Ben A) "Summer is my favorite season, " said Ben. B) "Summer is favorite season" Said Ben. C) "Summer is my favorite season." Said Ben. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Summer is my favorite season, " said Ben. 27. What change should be made in the sentence below?Mike said, "i need to be home by 8:00." A) Take out the comma (, ) after said. B) Take out the period (.). C) Change the lower case i to capital I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change the lower case i to capital I. 28. How do you punctuate a quote that is a command? A) Use a semicolon after the closing quotation marks, e.g., "Close the door"; he said. B) Use a comma before the closing quotation marks, e.g., "Close the door, " he said. C) Use an exclamation mark or period inside the quotation marks, e.g., "Close the door!". D) Use a question mark outside the quotation marks, e.g., "Close the door" ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use an exclamation mark or period inside the quotation marks, e.g., "Close the door!". 29. What change should be made in the sentence below?Tom asked, Do you like pizza?" A) Take out the comma (, ) after asked. B) Put a quotation mark (") before Do. C) Put the question mark (?) outside the quotation marks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put a quotation mark (") before Do. 30. What punctuation belongs at the end of this sentence:Will you go to the circus with me ..... A) !. B) . 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