This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation In Numbers – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following command has correct punctuation:untilBump(dgtl2); A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. A short horizontal line that placed in the middle of a line of text. A) A Colon. B) A Dash. C) Brackets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Dash. 3. How should the following sentence be fixed?In class, we read a poem called The Moth. A) The Moth should be in quotation marks. B) The Moth should be italicized. C) There should be a colon before The Moth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Moth should be in quotation marks. 4. We scheduled all groups during the morning periods when no students had gym A) We/gym?. B) We/gym. C) We/gym. D) We/gym!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We/gym. 5. I add pauses where breaths should be, Helping sentences flow more easily.What am I? A) Comma. B) Ellipsis. C) Period. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 6. Give a sentence where quotation marks are used for dialogue. A) We sang, 'Happy Birthday!'. B) She said, "Hello!". C) They whispered, 'See you later.'. D) He shouted, 'Goodbye!'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said, "Hello!". 7. Indicates added emphasis, interruption, or an abrupt change of thought. More dramatic than a comma and also less formal. Use between groups of words.Ex:The house rule is simple | clean up after yourself. A) Dash. B) Ellipses. C) Comma. D) Semicolon. E) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dash. 8. What happens if you accidentally delete a brace? A) Nothing will happen. B) The program will run backwards. C) The program will not work at all. D) The compiler will find no errors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The program will not work at all. 9. I link clauses that are closely tied, With more power than a comma beside.What am I? A) Semicolon. B) Dash. C) Period. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 10. Use ..... to introduce the effect or logical consequence of an action. A) A semicolon. B) A colon. C) A comma. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A colon. 11. Use ..... BEFORE an interjection that ends a sentence, and on BOTH sides of one that is in the middle of a sentence. A) A semicolon. B) A colon. C) A comma. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comma. 12. Which punctuation consists two dots? A) Brackets. B) A colon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A colon. 13. What punctuation mark is used to show strong emotion or emphasis at the end of a sentence? A) Comma B) Question Mark C) Exclamation Point D) Apostrophe A) A) Period. B) C. C) B) Semicolon. D) D) Quotation Mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 14. Which of these sentences use colons best? A) Remember:it is up to you do get the grade that you deserve. B) Remember it is up:to you do get the grade that you deserve. C) Remember it is up to you do get the grade:that you deserve. D) Remember it is up to you do get the grade that you:deserve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remember:it is up to you do get the grade that you deserve. 15. What does an ellipsis ( ..... ) indicate in writing? A) A sudden interruption in speech. B) A guess by the reader of what comes next. C) Omission of words in a quotation or hesitation in speech. D) The end of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omission of words in a quotation or hesitation in speech. 16. What is a speech mark used for? A) A speech mark is used to mark the end of a sentence. B) A speech mark shows the exact words a person or characters says. C) A speech mark is used when there is a pause in the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A speech mark shows the exact words a person or characters says. 17. Read the description. Choose the correct option.Introduces a list, expresses hours / minutes, and appears after the salutation in a business letter. A) Italics (or underlining). B) Colon:. C) Dash-. D) Semicolon ;. E) Hyphen-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colon:. 18. Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation. A) I woke up at 6:30 A.M. B) I woke up at 6;30 A.M. C) I woke up at 6-30 A.M. D) I woke up at 6-30 A.M. E) I woke up at 6 30 A.M. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I woke up at 6:30 A.M. 19. What is wrong with this sentence?It's not a problem for us to meet on Monday ..... A) The M in monday is capitalized. B) This is an incorrect way to use an ellipsis. C) It should be Its not It's. D) There should be quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is an incorrect way to use an ellipsis. 20. This punctuation mark should never be surrounded by spaces. Its main function is to glue words together. They are used with compound adjectives and numbers. They often are used to clarify wording that would otherwise be confusing.Ex:The fifteen | year | old boy was known for quarreling. A) Hyphen. B) Ellipses. C) Comma. D) Semicolon. E) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 21. Use ..... separate a direct address (talking to someone directly) from the rest of the sentence. A) A semicolon. B) A colon. C) A comma. D) No punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comma. 22. When listing items in a sentence, which punctuation mark should be used to separate them? A) Comma B) Question Mark C) Exclamation Point D) Apostrophe A) E. B) F. C) G. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 23. Which of these sentences use semi-colons best? A) The school play was brilliant; everyone did so well!. B) The school play; was brilliant everyone did so well!. C) The school play was brilliant everyone; did so well!. D) The school play was brilliant; everyone did so; well!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The school play was brilliant; everyone did so well!. 24. Larry is ..... years old in dog years. A) Sixty:five. B) Sixty-five. C) Sixty;five. D) Sixty-five. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sixty-five. 25. What punctuation mark is used at the end of a question? A) ?. B) :. C) ,. D) . E) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPunctuation In Numbers Quiz 1Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 2Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 4Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 5Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 6Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 7Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 8Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 9Punctuation In Numbers Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books