This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthetical Expressions – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthetical Expressions Quiz 3 (5 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the correct use of commas in the sentence.12. I simply do not agree you realize with your argument. A) I simply, do not agree, you realize with your argument. B) I simply do not agree, you realize with your argument. C) I simply do not agree, you realize, with your argument. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I simply do not agree, you realize, with your argument. 2. What is the parenthetical phrase in this sentence? My mother, who had been waiting for the past 30 minutes, was beginning to question where the train was. A) My mother. B) Who had been waiting for the past 30 minutes. C) Was beginning to question. D) Where the train was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who had been waiting for the past 30 minutes. 3. Read the following sentence:Olive Garden is our favorite restaurant, which is why we go there often. Which answer choice correctly identifies and explains the type of clause used? A) Restrictive Clause:The information is essential. If the clause is removed, the sentence becomes vague. The information identifies the restaurant. B) Nonrestrictive clause:The information is not needed. If the clause is removed, the original intent of the sentence doesn't change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrestrictive clause:The information is not needed. If the clause is removed, the original intent of the sentence doesn't change. 4. Choose the correct punctuation for the parenthetical expression in the sentence:My favorite food, pizza, is delicious.a) My favorite food pizza is delicious.b) My favorite food, pizza is delicious.c) My favorite food pizza, is delicious.d) My favorite food, pizza, is delicious. A) My favorite food pizza is delicious. B) My favorite food, pizza, is delicious . C) My favorite food pizza, is delicious. D) My favorite food, pizza is delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My favorite food, pizza, is delicious . 5. Which answer choice correctly uses commas to set off the parenthetical elements in this sentence? The brick wall crumbling with age is dangerous to climb over. A) The brick wall crumbling with age is, dangerous to climb, over. B) The brick wall, crumbling with age, is dangerous to climb over. C) The, brick, wall crumbling with age is dangerous to climb over. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brick wall, crumbling with age, is dangerous to climb over. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParenthetical Expressions Quiz 1Parenthetical Expressions Quiz 2Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive QuizApostrophes With Plural Possessives QuizApostrophes QuizBasic Punctuation Formative 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 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