This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Colons – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Colons Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fitzgerald writes ..... "I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the Park through the soft twilight, but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild, strident argument ..... " (35). A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 2. Identify the sentence that correctly uses a semicolon without a conjunctive adverb. A) The sun was setting; the sky turned orange. B) The sun was setting; but the sky turned orange. C) The sun was setting, the sky turned orange. D) The sun was setting:the sky turned orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun was setting; the sky turned orange. 3. Choose if the following sentence uses a colon correctly or incorrectly.When I graduate high school, I would really like to attend:ASU, UCLA, or Stanford. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 4. Sally sleeps late every weekend? to get her beauty sleep. A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Dash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dash. 5. I can't wait to go on vacation to my favorite place ..... the beach. A) ;. B) :. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 6. Which punctuation mark is used to connect two closely related sentences where the second sentence describes or explains the previous sentence? A) Semi-colon. B) Colon. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 7. There are two kinds of fruit on the table ..... oranges and apples. A) Comma. B) Colon. C) Semicolon. D) None needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon. 8. Complete the sentence:Lisa has several hobbies ..... painting, hiking, and cooking. A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 9. Which phrase uses a hyphen incorrectly? A) Chocolate-covered peanuts. B) Make a U-turn. C) Sixty-four years. D) He is thirteen-years-old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is thirteen-years-old. 10. Which parenthesis could you add to this sentence?Some people do not like the rain ( ..... ) but I do. A) The sun is hot. B) Especially in England. C) My name is Jeff. D) Even though I do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Especially in England. 11. Semicolons are used to separate clauses when the main clause is ..... and already contains a ..... A) Asking a questionA question mark. B) Making you angryExclamation mark. C) LongComma. D) Unable to Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LongComma. 12. You use a semi colon to separate 2 main clauses(or sentences) which are related to each other A) True!. B) False!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True!. 13. What tells a reader "get ready for what's next." A) Colons. B) Semi-colons. C) Commas. D) Full stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colons. 14. Choose if the following sentence uses a colon correctly or incorrectly.The very best peaches are:those that are grown in the great state of Georgia. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 15. What goes in the blank? Mother yaks climb to higher altitudes than do males or females without calves ..... researchers believe the steep mountain slopes may help protect calves from predators and provide a richer source of food. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 16. Identify whether the colon has been used correctly or incorrectly.There are two choices at this time:give up or fight. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. Choose if the following sentence uses a colon correctly or incorrectly.When I graduate college, three places I would really like to visit are:Rome, Israel, and Egypt. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 18. Dances popular in the U.S. at one time included the cakewalk, the Charleston, the jitterbug, and the twist. A) NO CHANGE. B) Included:the. C) Included the following; the. D) Included dances like:the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 19. There are three historical sources of belief reason or intellect, custom or habit, and inspiration. A) After the word belief. B) After the word sources. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the word belief. 20. What is the best edit:We have a lot of activities at the Community Center Yoga, Dance, and Cooking are just a few. A) We have a lot of activities at the Community Center Yoga:Dance, and Cooking are just a few. B) We have a few activities at the Community Center Yoga, Dance:and Cooking are just a few. C) We have a lot of activities at the Community Center:Yoga, Dance, and Cooking are just a few. D) As it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We have a lot of activities at the Community Center:Yoga, Dance, and Cooking are just a few. 21. I am hot I am wearing a sweater and a jacket. A) Hot; I. B) Hot:I. C) Hot, I. D) As it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot; I. 22. After much hemming and hawing ..... the elders decided to accept the law afterall. A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 23. True or False:In the sentence 'My brother's favorite sports are:baseball and soccer, ' the colon is used correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Which punctuation is a colon? A) ,. B) -. C) ;. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) :. 25. Which words in the following sentence should be hyphenated?Forty five eight year old kids went to hear the well known author read his book. A) Forty-five, eight-year-old, well-known. B) Forty-five, well-known. C) Well-known-author, eight-year-old-kids. D) Forty-five, eight-year-old-kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forty-five, eight-year-old, well-known. ← 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