This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Apostrophes – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Apostrophes Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the correct contraction for "do not" . A) Do'nt. B) Dont'. C) Don't. D) Do nt'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't. 2. All of the boy's faces were covered with dirt after the soccer game. A) Boys' faces. B) Boys face's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boys' faces. 3. Create a complex sentence using a colon to introduce a list of actions. A) She planned her day carefully:wake up early, go for a run, and finish her homework. B) She planned her day carefully; wake up early, go for a run, and finish her homework. C) She planned her day carefully, wake up early, go for a run, and finish her homework. D) She planned her day carefully:wake up early; go for a run; and finish her homework.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She planned her day carefully:wake up early, go for a run, and finish her homework. 4. Which sentence shows the correct use of apostrophes?One persons luggage hadnt been found. A) One person's luggage hadn't been found. B) One persons' luggage had'nt been found. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One person's luggage hadn't been found. 5. The footprints of the Bigfoot led into the forest. A) Bigfoots' footprints led into the forest. B) Bigfoot's footprints led into the forest. C) Bigfoots footprints led into the forest. D) Bigfoot footprints' led into the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bigfoot's footprints led into the forest. 6. Identify the sentence that correctly uses an apostrophe to show possession. A) The cat's whiskers were unusually long. B) The cats whiskers were unusually long.TagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat's whiskers were unusually long. 7. We design the frosting pattern on the cake's tiers layer by layer. A) NO CHANGE. B) Cakes tiers'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 8. What does the apostrophe in "can't" represent? A) A missing letter. B) A period. C) A comma. D) A question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A missing letter. 9. Where does the apostrophe belong in the following sentence:The cat always jumps from one chair to the other. A) Before the s in always. B) Before the s in jumps. C) It doesn't need an apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It doesn't need an apostrophe. 10. Can you please ask the new saleswoman not to be so (negative connotation)? She is scaring away the customers. A) Enthusiastic. B) Peppy. C) Pushy. D) Attentive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pushy. 11. Steve was good at many things. He was pretty (positive connotation) because of this. A) Full of himself. B) Cocky. C) Proud. D) Smug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proud. 12. Choose the correct possessive form of 'cat'. A) Cat'ss. B) Cat's. C) Cat's'. D) Cats'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat's. 13. What is the correct plural possessive form of the noun 'mouse'? A) Mice's. B) Mouses's. C) Mices's. D) Mouses'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mice's. 14. The box were all lined up in a row. A) Box's. B) Boxes'. C) Boxes. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boxes. 15. Create a complex sentence using an apostrophe in a contraction and a colon. A) She's not coming:she's feeling unwell. B) She's not coming; she's feeling unwell. C) She's not coming, she's feeling unwell. D) She's not coming:because she's feeling unwell.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She's not coming:she's feeling unwell. 16. Which word in the following sentence requires an apostrophe? I took a handful of grapes with me to the picnic. A) Took's. B) Grape's. C) Picnic's. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 17. Which word means "to give advice" ? A) Advice. B) Advise. C) Advize. D) Advices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advise. 18. What is the correct possessive form of the contraction 'you are'? A) You is. B) Your. C) You're. D) You was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your. 19. Should Cities and Important Locations be capitalized? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. "Where do you think ..... going?" his mother asked. A) Your. B) You're. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You're. 21. Page 13, Question #13 (Main Idea) A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 22. Which word in the following sentence requires an apostrophe? The dolls in the attic are Karens. A) Doll's. B) Attic'. C) Karen's. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karen's. 23. Create a complex sentence using a colon. A) She had one goal:to win the championship. B) She had one goal; to win the championship. C) She had one goal, to win the championship. D) She had one goal:to win the championship; and she worked hard for it.TagsDOK Level 4:Extended Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had one goal:to win the championship. 24. What is the possessive form of 'children'? A) Childrens'. B) Children's. C) Child's. D) Childs's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children's. 25. ..... are no cookies left! A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. ← 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