This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Abbreviations – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Abbreviations Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A sentence has a blank before a list. Choose the correct punctuation to fill the blank.You will need to bring three items ..... a sleeping bag, a flashlight, and a water bottle. A) , (a comma). B) ; (a semicolon). C) :(a colon). D) . (a period). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :(a colon). 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald says using this mark "is like laughing at your own joke." A) Exclamation point. B) Question mark. C) Period. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation point. 3. A sentence is given without commas. Choose the option that correctly adds commas to separate the items in the series:'For breakfast I had eggs toast and orange juice.' A) For breakfast I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. B) For breakfast I had, eggs, toast, and orange juice. C) For breakfast I had eggs toast, and, orange juice. D) For breakfast I had eggs, toast and, orange juice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For breakfast I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. 4. True or False:The following sentence is punctuated correctly:I wonder if I should text him back now? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence, or used to separate items in a list A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Hyphen. E) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 6. Which mark does he describe as "Tall, curvaceous, curious" ? A) Period. B) Exclamation mark. C) Question mark. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 7. To represent a full stop at the end of a sentence. A) Period. B) Semicolon. C) Quotation Mark. D) Question Mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 8. What punctuation is used to indicate a direct quote? A) Apostrophe. B) Comma. C) Quotation Marks. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation Marks. 9. I have everything I need for the trip ..... a ticket, a passport, and a suitcase. A) :. B) ;. C) -. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 10. Which sentence correctly demonstrates the function of parentheses? A) The test (which was harder than I expected) is finally over. B) The test-which was harder than I expected-is finally over. C) The test, which was harder than I expected, is finally over. D) The test:which was harder than I expected:is finally over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The test (which was harder than I expected) is finally over. 11. Use for the long form works of title of a book, play, long poem, film, television series, magazine, newspaper, or work of art A) Commas. B) Semicolons. C) Quotations marks. D) Italics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italics. 12. Use a comma to separate the date and year, as well as, cities and towns. Which is correct? A) April 11, 1996Roseville MN. B) April 11 1996Roseville MN. C) April 11, 1996Roseville, MN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 11, 1996Roseville, MN. 13. Alas what a tragedy A) ,. B) . C) !. D) ?. E) Capital letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 14. In charts and tables, you always write them as figures, In ordinary sentences, you sometimes spell them out and sometimes write them as numerals. A) Numbers. B) Abbreviations. C) Italics. D) Dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Numbers. 15. Each option below pairs a punctuation mark with a sentence. Choose the pair where the punctuation is used incorrectly. A) Semicolon (;):The concert was sold out; we watched a movie instead. B) Colon (:):The recipe listed three items:flour, sugar, and eggs. C) Dash (-):My sister-who is afraid of heights-refused to go on the Ferris wheel. D) Colon (:):I wanted to go to:the beach, the park, and the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colon (:):I wanted to go to:the beach, the park, and the library. 16. Select the sentence that uses a comma correctly A) We arrived in Tokyo, Japan, for the meeting of the 45th president of the United States. B) We arrived in Tokyo, Japan for the meeting of the 45th president of the United States. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We arrived in Tokyo, Japan, for the meeting of the 45th president of the United States. 17. What punctuation marks are shown in the following title:"And Still I Rise" ? A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Quotation marks. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 18. Which Punctuation do we add in the blank?I love Ice creams ..... And Cupcakes. A) ,. B) . C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ,. 19. Reasons when to use ..... Before FANBOYS when they join compound sentences;After SWABIs when they introduce a clause; and Set off non-essential adjectives clauses (who, whom, whose, which, that) A) End marks. B) Commas. C) Colons. D) Dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commas. 20. How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized?That same night, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip back to Batanes." A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 21. The recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour, but the bag only weighs ..... [Skill:Period mark in abbreviation and decimals] A) 2 lb. B) 2. lb. C) 2 lb. D) 2. lb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 lb. 22. Choose the correct spelling of this mark (!): A) Egclamation. B) Exclamation. C) Exclaimation. D) Exsclaimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamation. 23. To show that the new policies belonged to the boss, the memo referred to them as 'the ..... new policies.' A) Boss's. B) Boss'. C) Bosses. D) Bosses'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boss's. 24. We can use a comma and a conjunction (FANBOY) to join sentences together. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Each option pairs a punctuation mark with a sentence. Choose the pair where the punctuation mark is used incorrectly. A) Apostrophe:The girls' soccer team won the championship. B) Semicolon:It was raining heavily; therefore, the game was canceled. C) Quotation Marks:My dad's favorite song is "Here Comes the Sun.". D) Colon:I went to:the store, the bank, and the post office. 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