This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Apostrophes – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Apostrophes Quiz 31 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word in the following sentence should have a comma after it:No I don't think it will rain today. A) No. B) Think. C) Rain. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 2. Which word best clarifies the intended meaning in the sentence: "He ran ..... than his brother." A) Fast. B) Faster. C) Fastest. D) Fastly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faster. 3. Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon to separate items in a list? A) On our trip, we visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Berlin, Germany. B) On our trip, we visited Paris; France; Rome; Italy; and Berlin; Germany. C) On our trip, we visited Paris, France:Rome, Italy:and Berlin, Germany. D) On our trip, we visited Paris, France, Rome, Italy, and Berlin, Germany.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On our trip, we visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Berlin, Germany. 4. Choose the question that is correct. A) I went to my cousins birthday party. B) I went to my cousin's birthday party. C) I went to my cousins' birthday party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to my cousin's birthday party. 5. Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly to show singular possession? A) The teachers desk is clean. B) The teacher's desk is clean. C) The teachers' desk is clean. D) The teacher desk is clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher's desk is clean. 6. Which has a more negative connotation? A) A powerful stink. B) A powerful aroma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A powerful stink. 7. Choose the correct sentence:A) The women's and men's restrooms are clean.B) The womens' and mens' restrooms are clean.C) The women and men's restrooms are clean.D) The womens and mens restrooms are clean. A) The women's and men's restrooms are clean. B) The womens' and mens' restrooms are clean. C) The women and men's restrooms are clean. D) The womens and mens restrooms are clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The women's and men's restrooms are clean. 8. Choose the sentence that correctly applies apostrophe rules. A) The childrens' books are on the shelf. B) The children's books are on the shelf. C) The childrens books are on the shelf. D) The childrens book's are on the shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children's books are on the shelf. 9. Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe for plural possession? A) The birds' nests were destroyed in the storm. B) The bird's nests were destroyed in the storm. C) The birds nests were destroyed in the storm. D) The birds nest's were destroyed in the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The birds' nests were destroyed in the storm. 10. Correct the word in the sentence using an apostrophe.The teacher found the ..... gloves all over the floor. A) Childrens'. B) Childrenses. C) Children's. D) Children is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Children's. 11. The dietary preferences of various country's/countries' emigrant differed greatly. A) Country's. B) Countries'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Countries'. 12. What does the apostrophe in "The cat's litter box needs to be cleaned" indicate? A) A contraction. B) A plural form. C) Possession. D) A question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possession. 13. Select the correct possessive form of the contraction 'we are'. A) Our. B) We're. C) We is. D) We am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our. 14. Choose the correct possessive form of the noun:students A) Student's. B) Students. C) Student'ss. D) Students'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students. 15. What is the contraction of 'I am'? A) I'm. B) I'mn't. C) I'm not. D) I'mam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'm. 16. Page 19, Question #46 (Apostrophes) A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. 17. My ..... house is outside of town. A) Parents'. B) Parents. C) Parent's. D) Parents's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parents'. 18. Plural or Posessive?The computer's keyboard is missing a few keys. A) Plural. B) Posessive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Posessive. 19. On the playground, Jake stole the (girls/girl's/girls') jump rope. (meaning one girl) A) Girls. B) Girl's. C) Girls'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Girl's. 20. What is the contraction for are not? A) Aint. B) Aren't. C) Arent. D) Arent'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aren't. 21. How should you form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in s? A) Use an apostrophe before the s. B) Use an apostrophe after the s. C) Use an apostrophe alone. D) No apostrophe is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use an apostrophe after the s. 22. Use Apostrophe Rule 5 to Create a Contraction:Does Not A) Doesnt. B) Doesn't. C) Didn't. D) Didnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't. 23. The correct revision of: "They cannot go for a walk, because all of the leashes belonging to the dogs are broken!"is: A) They can't go for a walk, because all of the dogs' leashes are broken!. B) They can't go for a walk, because all of the dogs leashes' are broken!. C) They can't go for a walk, because all of the dogs's leashes are broken!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can't go for a walk, because all of the dogs' leashes are broken!. 24. ..... purses (2 women) A) Woman's. B) Womans. C) Womens. D) Women's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women's. 25. Use Apostrophe Rule 5 to Create a Contraction:You Are A) You're. B) Youre. C) Can't. D) Cant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're. 26. Identify whether the sentence contains a fragment, is a run-on, or is correct.Not getting enough sleep can lead to a host of health issues. Which is why I try to maintain a healthy sleep pattern. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 27. Select the correct use of capitals. A) The boat sailed through the panama canal last Tuesday. B) The boat sailed through the Panama Canal last Tuesday. C) The boat sailed through the Panama Canal last tuesday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boat sailed through the Panama Canal last Tuesday. 28. The correct revision of: "Tyler could have got there faster if he had gone in the truck belonging to Mitchell."is: A) Tyler could of got there faster if he'd gone in Mitchell's truck. B) Tyler could've got there faster if he'd gone in Mitchells' truck. C) Tyler could've got there faster if he'd gone in Mitchell's truck. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tyler could've got there faster if he'd gone in Mitchell's truck. 29. Which of the following INCORRECTLY shows singular possessive case? A) Actress's. B) Class's. C) Dress's. D) Mice's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mice's. 30. What is the correct version of this sentence? A) Despite searching for hours Ava was not able, to find her homework. B) Despite searching for hours Ava, was not able to find her homework. C) Despite, searching for hours Ava was not able to find her homework. D) Despite searching for hours, Ava was not able to find her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despite searching for hours, Ava was not able to find her homework. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesApostrophes Quiz 1Apostrophes Quiz 2Apostrophes Quiz 3Apostrophes Quiz 4Apostrophes Quiz 5Apostrophes Quiz 6Apostrophes Quiz 7Apostrophes Quiz 8Apostrophes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books