This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What the story is about is called? A) Supporting details. B) Contraction. C) Main detail. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Main idea. 2. She asked, "Will you help me with my homework" ? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 3. Which of the following is NOT a way to connect independent clauses? A) A semi-colon. B) A comma and a conjunction. C) A comma. D) A semi-colon, an adverb, and a comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comma. 4. Use an apostrophe to show ..... A) Anger. B) Verb tense. C) Noun tense. D) Ownership. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ownership. 5. Choose all the words that need to be capitalized in the following sentence:My uncle is riding his horse sparky. A) Uncle. B) Riding. C) Horse. D) Sparky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sparky. 6. This part of speech is often an idea A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 7. Choose the correct present tense verb that fills in the blank:All of my board games ..... now stuck under the couch. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 8. Identify the sentence that is correctly revised for clarity and conciseness. A) The man who was wearing a blue shirt and who was standing by the door is my uncle. B) The man wearing a blue shirt standing by the door is my uncle. C) The man in the blue shirt by the door is my uncle. D) The man, who was wearing a blue shirt, and standing by the door, is my uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man in the blue shirt by the door is my uncle. 9. Where does the hyphen best fit in the following sentence:Calvin was a mean spirited man. A) Calvin. B) Mean-. C) Spirited-. D) No hyphen needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean-. 10. I love to exercise in the AM; however, it is hard to get up at 4:00 AM during the school year to do this. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 11. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon?a) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go to the party.b) I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go to the party.c) I have a big test tomorrow I can't go to the party. A) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go to the party. B) I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go to the party. C) I have a big test tomorrow I can't go to the party. D) I have a big test tomorrow:I can't go to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go to the party. 12. Where does the semicolon best fit in the following sentence:If I am not awake by 5:00, call me, otherwise, I will be late for work. A) 5:00;. B) Call me;. C) Otherwise;. D) Awake;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Call me;. 13. The show is based upon these girl's lives. It doesn't always seem to have to do with their children it has to do with them being teenagers. A) NO CHANGE. B) Girls lives. C) Girls's. D) Girls' lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Girls' lives. 14. "We are" she said "prepared to help." A) "We are, " she said, "prepared to help.". B) "We are, " she said "prepared to help.". C) "We are" she said, "prepared to help.". D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We are, " she said, "prepared to help.". 15. Which comma rule is used in the following sentence? Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. A) #4-Interrupter. B) #1-Items in a Series. C) #3-Compound Sentences. D) #6-Conventional Situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) #4-Interrupter. 16. Which of the following sentences is NOT written $_{}$correctly? A) "Ebay is my favorite fish ever" Cate exclaimed!. B) "He's always sitting on a plant, " Jackson noticed. C) Saisha asked, "Do you think he likes to rest?". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Ebay is my favorite fish ever" Cate exclaimed!. 17. Identify the correct spelling of the sentence below. The students put on ..... coats A) Their. B) There. C) Her. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 18. Identify the correct punctuation for:The first game of the season will be on April 3 2019 at 700 P.M. A) The first game of the season will be on April 3 2019 at 700 P.M. B) The first game of the season will be on April 3 2019 at 7.00 P.M. C) The first game of the season will be on April 3, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. D) The first game of the season will be on April 3, 2019 at 700 P.M. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first game of the season will be on April 3, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. 19. Punctuate the sentence.Although I love reading, I don't particularly enjoy poetry. A) No change. B) Reading I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 20. Use to indicate the title of a news article A) Quotation Marks. B) Italics. C) Parentheses. D) Slashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation Marks. 21. Choose the correct punctuation.The cars that had accidents on Ambley St were reported instantly. A) Reported,. B) St. C) Cars,. D) Ambley. E) St,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St. 22. Even though the Mariners aren't playing in the World Series i still want to know who wins. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 23. While my parents were at the movies, I watched three house of tik toks, and then I cleaned my room. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 24. Stop that ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 25. How many commas are needed for the following sentence? My favorite sports are swimming soccer and football. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 26. I really enjoy snowboarding in the winter but summer is my favorite season.Which of the following fixes the grammar problem? A) There isn't a problem. B) Snowboarding,. C) Winter,. D) Summer,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter,. 27. Which type of sentence would use a semi-colon? A) Compound sentence. B) Complex sentence. C) Complicated sentence. D) Semi-sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound sentence. 28. Always capitalize the names of ships, trains, aircraft, and spacecraft. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. My favorite color is PURPLE!!! A) My favorite color is Purple. B) Correct as is. C) My favorite color is purple. D) My FAVORITE color is purple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My favorite color is purple. 30. What type of punctuation mark appears after this question? . A) Full stop. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Dash. E) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full stop. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPunctuation Quiz 1Punctuation Quiz 2Punctuation Quiz 3Punctuation Quiz 4Punctuation Quiz 5Punctuation Quiz 6Punctuation Quiz 7Punctuation Quiz 8Punctuation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books