This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation Marks – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Marks Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This mark of punctuation is used to indicate that there are two or more options or choices. A) Em dash. B) Diagonal slash. C) Asterisk. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diagonal slash. 2. In situations in which word processing is not available, information that would normally be italicized should be ..... A) Placed in parentheses. B) Placed in quotation marks. C) Underlined. D) Written in all lower case letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Underlined. 3. Which punctuation mark ends a sentence that tells us something? A) Period. B) Question mark?. C) Exclamation mark?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 4. The dog lives in a large kennel A) The Dog lives in a large kennel. B) The Dog lives in a large kennel. C) The dog lives in a large kennel. D) The dog lives in a large kennel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog lives in a large kennel. 5. Which of these marks is a question mark? A) ?. B) . C) ,. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 6. Look out the window ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 7. A big lion is roaring in the cage A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 8. Marks used in writings to separate sentences and clarify meaning. A) Question mark. B) End mark. C) Period. D) Punctuation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punctuation mark. 9. Which number is written correctly using a hyphen? A) Thirty three. B) One fourth. C) Eighty-five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eighty-five. 10. Pick the Right Punctuation MarkThe sun is 92, 960, 000 miles from the Earth A) Question Mark. B) Period. C) Exclamation Mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 11. This mark of punctuation is used to introduce a list that comes after the words "the following, " "as follow, " "all of these, " etc., or when the list does not flow as a natural part of the sentence. A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Ellipsis. D) Em dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 12. Why do you use a comma? A) To learn English and to speak more. B) To finish a sentence. C) To talk about love. D) To separate items in a list and to show a break in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To separate items in a list and to show a break in a sentence. 13. Which punctuation mark is a question mark? A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 14. During the late 1800's, H. J. Lewis drew political cartoons for "The Freeman, " which was the first illustrated African American newspaper. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 15. What do we call the full stop, the question mark and the question mark together? A) Things. B) Objects. C) End punctuation. D) Marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End punctuation. 16. This mark separates two independent clauses in a compound sentence. A) Semicolon. B) Quotation mark. C) Period. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 17. Where does the semicolon go? I had a huge meal I am already hungry again. A) Meal;. B) Am;. C) I;. D) Hungry;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meal;. 18. Pick the Right Punctuation Mark Many people work hard every day to get a well earned income A) Question Mark. B) Period. C) Exclamation MArk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 19. Her sisters are Georgina, 7 Miranda, 9 Sofia, 12 and Jolina, 20. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Dash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 20. Choose the correct answer below.michael bought a new car last monday A) Michael bought a new car last monday. B) Michael bought a new car last Monday. C) Michael bought a new car last Monday. D) Michael bought a new Car last Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael bought a new car last Monday. 21. Is a punctuation that comes at the end of a sentence to let you know when the sentence ends. A) Full stop. B) Punctuation mark. C) Question mark. D) Quotation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full stop. 22. I borrowed my brother's copy of Beowulf he said he does not need it anyway. A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Em dash. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 23. Melissa Cruz, M.D., a cardiologist from Northern Luzon Medical Center, Inc. asked, "What can we do to improve healthcare in the provinces" A) Period. B) Exclamation point. C) Comma. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question mark. 24. This punctuation symbol is used to show that there has been an omission of some letters or words. A) Semicolon. B) Parenthesis. C) Ellipsis. D) Slash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellipsis. 25. A dot used to show where the end of a sentence is. A) Period. B) Comma. C) Colon. D) Semicolon. 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