This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Abbreviations – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the following sentence:Mario said, "The key is on the other room."Correctly puntuated? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 2. Choose the correct punctuation to fill the blank:I need to buy a few things for the party ..... balloons, streamers, and a cake. A) :. B) ;. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 3. How many periods are there in an ellipsis? A) 1. B) 3. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 4. NASA stands for A) North Atlantic Sea Agency. B) National Apple Snapple Agency. C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. D) National Aero Slab Administrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 5. Commas are used after the greeting and closing of a friendly letter. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Punctuate the following sentence correctly.Under the current circumstances Maria won't be able to try out for cheer unless she raises her grades. A) Comma after circumstances. B) Comma after cheer. C) Comma after unless. D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma after circumstances. 7. Short form of:We are A) We're. B) W're. C) Were'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We're. 8. The teacher asked us to ..... our essays for errors before turning them in. A) Re-examine. B) Re examine. C) Reexamine. D) Re'examine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re-examine. 9. Which sentence correctly punctuates the information inside the parentheses? A) My brother (who is usually late.) finally arrived. B) My brother finally arrived. (He is usually late.). C) My brother (who is usually late) finally arrived. D) My brother finally arrived (he is usually late). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother finally arrived. (He is usually late.). 10. This mark has the following varieties:aside, defining, example, emphatic, & dialogue. A) Ellipses. B) Dash. C) Comma. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dash. 11. How many dots should an ellipsis have? A) 1. B) 3. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 12. ..... go before and after the speaker's exact words. A) Commas. B) Tag lines. C) Quotation marks. D) Question marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 13. Which Punctuation do we add in the blank?How are you Today ..... A) ,. B) . C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 14. The exclamation mark is only used to indicate when someone is angry. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 15. Use two abbreviations for:Tuesday, September 11 A) Correct. B) Tues, Sep. 11. C) Tue., Sept. 11. D) Tues., Sept. 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tues., Sept. 11. 16. Which sentence demonstrates correct punctuation? A) The teacher told her students; "You must come to class prepared if you want to master this subject.". B) The crowd gasped as the circus trapeze artists' acrobatically leapt from one rope to another. C) The drivers frequently disregarded the school zone:therefore, a police officer began giving tickets. D) The college's admissions board evaluates three things:attendance, community service, and grades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The college's admissions board evaluates three things:attendance, community service, and grades. 17. Punctuate the following sentence correctly.Because my pizza had gotten cold I heated it in the microwave. A) Comma after Because. B) Comma after cold. C) Comma after heated. D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma after cold. 18. -Which of the following answers refers to COMMA. A) It is used when we want to connect two simple sentences. B) It is used when separates two sentences when there is a combining word. C) It is used in abbreviations. D) It is used when you end a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is used when separates two sentences when there is a combining word. 19. Which are good practicing cues. A) Strike the Enter key quickly and return back to home position. B) Check the screen and make corrections before pressing Enter. C) Keep up your pace to the end of the line. D) When typing a line two times, type it faster the second time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Check the screen and make corrections before pressing Enter. 20. How do you properly correct this sentence?i want to go to the grand canyon in december. A) I want to go to the Grand canyon in december. B) I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December. C) I want to go to the grand canyon in december. D) I want to go to the grand canyon in December. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December. 21. This punctuation mark is used to separate numerals 21 to 99 when they are spelled out. A) Apostrophe. B) Hyphen. C) Semicolon. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyphen. 22. A semicolon works like a FANBOY and comma. It joins sentences together. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. True or False:In the sentence "I thought I had my keys, but now ..... ", the ellipsis ( ..... ) is used correctly to show an unfinished thought. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Why are you upset A) . B) ,. C) ?. D) !. E) Capital letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 25. Choose the interjection that is punctuated correctly. A) Hey what are you doing?. B) Wow! That's the biggest pizza I ever saw!. C) Oops. I dropped it on the floor. D) Ugh, What a mess!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wow! That's the biggest pizza I ever saw!. 26. Drew Hayden Taylor's critique of Stephen Harper's apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. A) No error. B) Run-on sentence. C) Comma splice. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence fragment. 27. Choose the correct punctuation to fill in the blank:The instructions were clear ..... do not open the box. A) ; (semicolon). B) , (comma). C) :(colon). D) -(dash). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :(colon). 28. When the prefix 're' is added to the word 'examine' to mean 'examine again, ' what is the correctly written result? A) Reexamine. B) Re examine. C) Re-examine. D) Re'examine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re-examine. 29. Complete the dialogue with the correctly punctuated phrase:Maria asked, "Are you coming to my party?" "Yes, " David replied, "I wouldn't miss it for the world ..... " A) !". B) .". C) "!. D) ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !". 30. A series of initial lettes of word/phrases that form an abbreviation but aren't pronounced as a new word. A) Abbreviation. B) Acronym. C) Initialism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initialism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPunctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 1Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 2Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 3Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 4Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 5Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 6Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 7Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 8Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books