This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use a ..... between chapter and verse in Bible references. A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Comma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 2. You need:four eggs, lightly beaten; one spoon of nutmeg, grated finely; and a pint of milk. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 3. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation mark/s.The teacher said Today is August 13 A) The teacher said! Today is August 13?. B) The teacher said, "Today is August 13.". C) The teacher said, "Today is August 13?". D) The teacher said, Today is August 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher said, "Today is August 13.". 4. When do you use quotation marks (" ") in writing? A) To indicate possession. B) To connect compound words. C) To enclose direct speech or quotations. D) To separate items in a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To enclose direct speech or quotations. 5. Select the punctuation mark to be used at the place marked X.They ate the food X it was delicious. A) Comma (, ). B) Colon (:). C) Semi-colon (;). D) Full stop (.). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi-colon (;). 6. Our school starts at seven hours A) Exclamation mark. B) Full stop. C) Small letter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full stop. 7. Grace is writing a letter to her friend Abigail. She wants to introduce a list of books she has read recently. Which punctuation mark should she use to introduce the list? A) ,. B) ;. C) -. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) :. 8. Fill in the missing punctuation mark to complete the sentence.You have two choices ..... finish the work today or lose the contract. A) :. B) ,. C) -. D) '' ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 9. What is the function of an exclamation mark? A) Shows strong feeling. B) Ends a sentence. C) Introduces a list. D) Shows possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shows strong feeling. 10. Click on the missing punctuation mark from this sentence:The park had:a slide swings climbing frame and a sandpit. A) Brackets( ). B) Apostrophe'. C) Semicolon;. D) Commas,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commas,. 11. Select the appropriate punctuation mark.China ..... Philippines ..... Japan A) . B) ?. C) !. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ,. 12. Did she say her name was Riya or Radha ..... A) ?. B) . C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 13. Shows a pause that a comma is not strong enough to hold; joins two complete sentences A) Colon. B) Comma. C) Semi colon. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi colon. 14. We won A) We Won!. B) We Won!. C) We won!. D) We Won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We won!. 15. Why can't I go to Jim's birthday party A) Full stop. B) Comma. C) Question mark. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 16. Who delivers the letters to houses A) !. B) . C) ?. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 17. Which one is Apostrophe? A) '. B) ;. C) ''. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) '. 18. Choose the appropriate punctuation mark that will complete the sentence below.Are we going to use period or question mark in this sentence A) Period. B) Apostrophe. C) Exclamation point. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question mark. 19. What is a Non-restrictive clause? A) A clause that has both subject and predicate. B) A clause that supplies information vital to the meaning of the sentence. C) A group of words with no syntactic relation to any word in a sentence. D) A clause which is not absolutely essential to the meaning of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A clause which is not absolutely essential to the meaning of a sentence. 20. Is that your cat ..... A) !. B) ?. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 21. Choose the correct punctuation for the end of these sentences ..... Who was that A) !. B) ?. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 22. Choose the sentence in which punctuation marks are used correctly. A) Let's eat Ming Xuan. B) Let's eat, Ke Han. C) Lets eat, Qi En. D) Lets eat Yu Zhe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Let's eat, Ke Han. 23. What punctuation mark is used to show possession or form contractions? A) Comma. B) Apostrophe. C) Semicolon. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 24. Which punctuation mark always go outside quotation marks when writing or inserting a quoted speech in a sentence? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Period. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 25. True or False:Apostrophes are used at the start of a word. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 26. Can't and don't are EXAMPLES of what kind of word? A) Conjunction. B) Contraction. C) Conjecture. D) Conniption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contraction. 27. Do you know where the bank is ..... A) ,. B) . C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ?. 28. Choose the correct punctuation:He said, ..... I will be there soon ..... A) He said, "I will be there soon.". B) He said, "I will be there soon!". C) He said, I will be there soon. D) He said, 'I will be there soon.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said, "I will be there soon.". 29. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation mark/s.Katie answered proudly I know the answer A) Katie answered proudly, I know the answer!. B) Katie answered proudly, "I know the answer.". C) Katie answered proudly, "I know the answer!". D) Katie answered proudly. "I know the answer?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Katie answered proudly, "I know the answer!". 30. How do you punctuate this quote:He asked if I was ready? A) He asked if I was ready. B) He asked, if I was ready?. C) "He asked if I was ready.". D) He asked if I was ready!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "He asked if I was ready.". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPunctuation Marks Quiz 1Punctuation Marks Quiz 2Punctuation Marks Quiz 4Punctuation Marks Quiz 5Punctuation Marks Quiz 6Punctuation Marks Quiz 7Punctuation Marks Quiz 8Punctuation Marks Quiz 9Punctuation Marks Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books