This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Asterisk A) ''. B) *. C) '. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) *. 2. What punctuation should end the following sentence? Would you like some help with that suitcase A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation Point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 3. This punctuation mark is used in pairs to set off direct speech. A) Colon. B) Parenthesis. C) Quotation marks. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 4. I don't know how to thank you, he said. In this sentence, we need ..... A) Exclamation mark. B) Semi colon. C) Comma. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quotation marks. 5. The punctuation marks used to mention exact words that were spoken by someone. A) Exclamation mark. B) Quotation marks. C) Full stop period. D) Two comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation marks. 6. Choose the correct number formation. A) 150000. B) 1500, 00. C) 1, 500, 00. D) 150, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 150, 000. 7. Which punctuation mark ends a sentence that asks a question? A) Period. B) Question mark?. C) Exclamation mark!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark?. 8. Which punctuation mark is an exclamation mark? A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 9. Which is the correct use of a colon? A) Dear Mom:. B) Dear Sir:. C) Dear Dad:. D) Dear Aunt Cathy:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dear Sir:. 10. As a young man he worked at various menial jobs until a Little Rock newspaper artist taught him how to draw. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 11. Upon Lewis's death in 1891, "The Freeman, " the newspaper that made him famous, praised his talent and mourned his loss. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 12. My grandmother does not look like her age She just turned 80. A) En dash. B) Hyphen. C) Period. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Period. 13. Means something is being asked. A) Apostrophe. B) Exclamation point. C) Question mark. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question mark. 14. Mark of separation used between parts of a word A) Dash. B) Colon. C) Hyphen. D) Quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyphen. 15. Which of these marks is a semicolon? A) :. B) ;. C) *. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ;. 16. Pick the Right Punctuation MarkThere's a coyote heading towards the cattle A) Period. B) Question Mark. C) Exclamation Mark. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation Mark. 17. These punctuation marks are squared off quotations that are used to show information of a technical nature A) Parenthesis. B) Brackets. C) Ellipsis. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brackets. 18. What are these? [ ] A) Quotation Marks. B) Brackets. C) Parenthesis. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brackets. 19. If you examine this self-portrait of Lewis, you can see evidence of his artistic versatility, and you can get a sense of the atmosphere in which he worked. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound complex. 20. A speaker or writer's exact words are contained within these marks. They are also used around titles of shorter works (poems, short stories, etc, ) or titles of works that are a part of a longer work (article in a magazine or newspaper, episode of a TV series, etc.). A) Single quotation marks. B) Parenthesis. C) Brackets. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quotation marks. 21. We eat out on fridays.In this sentence, the word ..... needs to be capitalized. A) On. B) Fridays. C) Out. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fridays. 22. What mark is used in short works such as poems and songs? A) Underlining. B) Quotation marks. C) Italics. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation marks. 23. It shows excitement or strong feelings. A) Exclamation point. B) Question mark. C) Apostrophe. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation point. 24. Which of these marks is a period? A) . B) -. C) ;. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 25. What punctuation should end the following sentence? The teacher asked if we were ready for the test A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. ← 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