This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Basic Punctuation Formative – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Basic Punctuation Formative Quiz 1 (6 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences needs a question mark instead of a period? A) Please tell me what time you will pick me up. B) I don't know how to fix this bike. C) Do you think I can pass the test. D) Put the broom back in the closet, Alan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do you think I can pass the test. 2. Which group of words below is NOT a complete sentence? A) Katelyn smiled. B) Finally, Henry arrived. C) At noon on Tuesday in front of my house. D) We spotted one cloud in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At noon on Tuesday in front of my house. 3. Which of these requires a period at the end? A) A question. B) A command. C) An exclamation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A command. 4. Which group of words below is NOT a complete thought? A) Follow me. B) Can't you find the answer?. C) Living in the woods near the lake. D) Babies are noisy!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living in the woods near the lake. 5. Which of the following sentences should have an exclamation point at the end instead of a period? A) Please come take this trash away. B) Watch out for that rattlesnake near your foot. C) I need a new set of earbuds. D) Let's meet back here in one hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watch out for that rattlesnake near your foot. 6. Which punctuation mark is used to help a reader understand that a pause is needed? A) A question mark. B) An apostrophe. C) An exclamation point. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comma. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesApostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive QuizApostrophes With Plural Possessives QuizApostrophes QuizCapitalization And Quotation QuizCapitalization QuizCapitalizing And Punctuating Titles QuizColons And Semicolons QuizColons QuizComma Errors QuizCommas, Colons, Semi Colons QuizCommas, Dashes, And Ellipses QuizCommas In List QuizCommas With Coordinate Adjectives QuizCommas With Nonessential Clauses QuizCommas QuizContractions And Possessive Nouns QuizDash And Ellipsis QuizDashes QuizDialogue Quotations QuizDialogue Quoting QuizEllipses For Omission QuizEllipses For Omissions QuizEllipses For Suspense QuizEllipses QuizEllipsis For Omission QuizEllipsis In Writing QuizEnd Of Sentence Punctuation QuizExpanding Brackets QuizFormatting Quotations QuizHyphens In Compound Adjectives QuizHyphens In Compound Words QuizHyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes QuizHyphens QuizInternal Punctuation QuizItalics For Emphasis QuizItalics Vs Quotation Marks QuizItalics QuizMastering Quotation Marks QuizNumerical Expressions With Brackets QuizParentheses In Numerical Expressions QuizParentheses QuizParenthesis Punctuation QuizParenthesis QuizParenthetical Constructions QuizParenthetical Elements QuizParenthetical Expressions QuizParenthetical Sentences QuizPossessive Apostrophes QuizPunctuating Titles QuizPunctuation For Effect QuizPunctuation In Abbreviations QuizPunctuation In Complex Sentences QuizPunctuation In Numbers QuizPunctuation Marks QuizPunctuation Usage QuizPunctuation QuizQuotation In Dialogue QuizQuotation Marks Titles QuizQuotation Marks QuizSemicolon Usage QuizSemicolons QuizUnderlining Titles QuizUse Of Ellipses And Parentheses QuizUsing A Dash QuizUsing Ellipses QuizUsing Hyphens Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books