This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Colons – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colons Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence uses parentheses correctly? A) Mrs. Rosenthal (my science) teacher is great. B) Mrs. Rosenthal my (science teacher) is great. C) Mrs. Rosenthal (my science teacher) is great. D) Mrs. Rosenthal (my science teacher is great). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mrs. Rosenthal (my science teacher) is great. 2. EXERCISE 2:Using Colons for Special Writing SituationsAdd the necessary colons in each sentence."Dear Mr. Nelson" is the way I started my business letter. A) "Dear Mr. Nelson" is the way I started:my business letter. B) "Dear Mr. Nelson:" is the way I started my business letter. C) "Dear Mr. Nelson, " is the way I started my business letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Dear Mr. Nelson:" is the way I started my business letter. 3. You want to revise this sentence to add emphasis:'He finally achieved his main goal of winning the championship.' Which revision BEST uses a colon to add emphasis and clarify the goal? A) He finally achieved his main goal:winning the championship. B) He finally achieved:his main goal of winning the championship. C) He finally achieved his main goal; winning the championship. D) He finally achieved his main goal, winning the championship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He finally achieved his main goal:winning the championship. 4. True or False?Llamas have a defense mechanism; they spit. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What goes in the blank? Members of the ancient Tsimane Indian tribe living in Anachere, Bolivia, get a majority of their food from rivers in the Amazon Basin ..... the forest ..... or their gardens. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 6. What goes in the blank? Both Pablo Picasso ..... and Georges Braque are sometimes considered the founders of the art movement known as Cubism. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 7. This summer, I am planning on traveling to New York City ..... but if ticket prices don't go down, I probably will not. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 8. Complete the sentence:I have visited three countries in my life ..... Canada, Mexico, and France ..... each trip was memorable. A) :;. B) ;:. C) ; ;. D) , ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :;. 9. Seeing you here means that you missed the bus. A) Means,. B) Means;. C) Means:. D) Means. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Means. 10. Which punctuation is necessary in the [ ] in the following sentence:Noah decided he no longer wanted to play sports so he gave his equipment to [ ] Matthew Brockhaus, Gavin Geilenkirchen, and Tucker Czarnick. A) Comma [, ]. B) Colon [:]. C) Semicolon [ ; ]. D) No punctuation necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No punctuation necessary. 11. Which of the following is NOT a fucntion of a semicolon? A) SV ; SV. B) SV ; quote. C) SV ; adverbial, SV. D) Items in a list that already contains commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SV ; quote. 12. The Byrnes have six pets ..... two dogs, a cat, and three guinea pigs. A) :. B) ;. C) -. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 13. I saw the sun shining. It hadn't rained for days. I presumed there was no chance of it starting now. A) Semi colon after 'shining'. B) Semi colon after 'days'. C) No semi colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi colon after 'days'. 14. Fill in the blank with a colon or semi-colon:I need to buy groceries ..... milk, eggs, and bread. A) I need to buy groceries; milk, eggs, and bread. B) I need to buy groceries, milk:eggs, and bread. C) I need to buy groceries:milk; eggs, and bread. D) I need to buy groceries:milk, eggs, and bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I need to buy groceries:milk, eggs, and bread. 15. What goes in the blank? Several ingredients in common pesticides have been linked to ..... hormonal changes, cancer, kidney or liver toxicity, and depression. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 16. I would like to read Shadow and Act ..... it is a collection of essays by Ralph Ellison. A) No punctuation needed. B) :. C) ;. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. 17. Choose if the following sentence uses a colon correctly or incorrectly.My favorite kind of cake is made of:carrots, flour, butter, eggs, and cream cheese icing. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 18. Dear Professor Thomas: A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 19. Dorothy failed her test, it was extremely difficult. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 20. Complete the sentence:We visited New York City last summer ..... we saw the Empire State Building, Times Square, and Central Park. A) ,. B) ;. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :. 21. Complete the sentence:My brother plays three sports ..... basketball, soccer, and tennis. A) . B) :. C) ;. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 22. Basque ..... it's spoken in the Pyrenees Mountains ..... has no relation to any other known language. A) :. B) ;. C) -. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -. 23. Which would I use to introduce a list of things? A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 24. In which of the following cases should a colon be used? A) After a verb. B) After a preposition. C) To introduce a list. D) To introduce a quotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To introduce a quotation. 25. Which sentence correctly combines two independent clauses? A) The sun set, the sky turned pink. B) The sun set; the sky turned pink. C) The sun set:the sky turned pink. D) The sun set the sky turned pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun set; the sky turned pink. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesColons Quiz 1Colons Quiz 2Colons Quiz 3Colons Quiz 4Colons Quiz 5Colons Quiz 6Colons Quiz 7Colons Quiz 8Colons Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books