This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the appropriate punctuation mark.My family is having dinner ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 2. In the following sentence, where does a hyphen need added:Yesterday, my cousin turned twenty five. A) Yester-day. B) Twenty-five. C) My-cousin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty-five. 3. Using more than one exclamation point is considered appropriate in professional writing. True or false? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Are you sad? A) Asking sentence. B) Telling sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asking sentence. 5. When is a capital letter used. A) In the end of a sentence. B) In the beginning of a sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the beginning of a sentence. 6. What is the role of a comma in a sentence? A) Introduces a quotation. B) Ends a sentence. C) Separates items in a list. D) Shows strong feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separates items in a list. 7. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:Can you believe it A) . B) ?. C) !. D) &. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 8. What is the purpose of round brackets? ( ) A) To seperate items in a series. B) To introduce a list. C) To add extra information to a sentence. D) To join to independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To add extra information to a sentence. 9. Choose the appropriate punctuation mark/s that will complete the sentence belowShes my eldest sister A) Comma and period. B) Apostrophe and comma. C) Apostrophe and period. D) Comma and quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe and period. 10. Which of these sentences use full stop correctly? A) Who are you. B) "Hi, everyone." He says excitedly. C) Should we ask for direction. D) The Punctuation moved to Alphabet city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Punctuation moved to Alphabet city. 11. Fix this Sentence. My favorite food to order at that restaurant is their hot spicy soup. A) My favorite food to order at that restaurant is their hot, spicy soup. B) My favorite food to order at that, restaurant is their hot spicy soup. C) My favorite, food to order at that, restaurant is their hot spicy soup. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite food to order at that restaurant is their hot, spicy soup. 12. How many spaces should be left after a:full stop at the end of a sentence A) 0. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 13. What is that I hear A) . B) ?. C) !. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 14. Help, there's a big wolf ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 15. High and low rich and poor wise and foolish must all die A) High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, must all die. B) High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish must all die. C) High and low rich and poor wise and foolish must all die. D) High and low, rich and poor wise and foolish, must all die. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, must all die. 16. End mark for a statement; ends an abbreviation A) Hyphen. B) Period. C) Colon. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 17. My little sister was born on November 19, 2003, in a hospital in savannah. A) Sister. B) Born. C) Hospital. D) Savannah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savannah. 18. It is used to show strong feeling. A) Exclamation mark. B) Commas. C) Capital letters. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation mark. 19. Choose the punctuation mark needed for the following sentenceDoes Mrs. Meyer have a pencil I could borrow A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 20. Choose the appropriate punctuation mark for the sentence below.My mum went supermarket yesterday ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 21. The duck is yellow A) ?. B) !. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 22. What is the purpose of quotation marks? A) To show possession. B) To separate items in a list. C) To end a sentence. D) To show direct speech or quotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show direct speech or quotations. 23. Which punctuation mark connects closely related independent clauses without a conjunction? A) Exclamation Mark. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicolon. 24. They went to the professor's office ..... It was really hard to get there. A) . B) ,. C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 25. What is the function of an ellipsis ( ..... ) in writing? A) It indicates a pause in speech. B) It shows that something has been omitted from a text. C) It emphasizes a point being made. D) It introduces a list of items. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It shows that something has been omitted from a text. 26. She is a great singer ..... A) Full Stop. B) Question Mark. C) Exclamation Mark. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full Stop. 27. What is the function of an exclamation mark (!) in writing? A) To indicate a question. B) To express strong emotion or emphasis. C) To separate items in a list. D) To denote a pause in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express strong emotion or emphasis. 28. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:May I ask you a question A) ?. B) &. C) !. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 29. Why do you use a full stop (.) at the end of a sentence? A) To tell something. B) To ask something. C) To say something with excitement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell something. 30. Fill in the missing punctuation mark to complete the sentence.My daughter is a teacher ..... my son is a doctor. A) ,. B) -. C) ;. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPunctuation Marks Quiz 1Punctuation Marks Quiz 2Punctuation Marks Quiz 3Punctuation Marks Quiz 4Punctuation Marks Quiz 5Punctuation Marks Quiz 6Punctuation Marks Quiz 7Punctuation Marks Quiz 8Punctuation Marks Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books