This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We asked Ben the Boy Scout director to suggest a campsite. A) We asked Ben, the Boy Scout director, to suggest a campsite. B) We asked Ben, the Boy Scout, director to suggest a campsite. C) We asked, Ben the Boy Scout, director to suggest a campsite. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We asked Ben, the Boy Scout director, to suggest a campsite. 2. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #6 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 3. Which is correct?a) The patients eye's havent opened since the surgery.b) The patient's eyes haven't opened since the surgery. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 4. Use a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What is the correct contraction for the wordsDo not A) Didn't. B) Don't. C) Done't. D) Dont. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't. 6. What is missing in this sentence?Mrs. Kenow asked, What is most important to Mrs. Kenow? A) Quotation marks '' ''. B) Comma,. C) Period . D) Exclamation point !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks '' ''. 7. Dashes are considered ..... formal than parentheses A) Kinda. B) Less. C) More. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 8. Apostrophes are used to indicate ..... A) Long quotations. B) Lists. C) Appositives. D) Possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possession. 9. Use to separate lines in a poem when writing about poetry A) Slash. B) Ellipses. C) Quotation Marks. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slash. 10. Question mark is ..... A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 11. Identify ALL the NOUNS in this sentence:The water in the bathtub was very hot. A) Water, bathtub, hot. B) Water. C) Water, bathtub. D) Bathtub. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water, bathtub. 12. What's wrong with this sentence?'I like to swim and eat and play and run.' A) Nothing. B) It needs a lower case letter. C) It needs a capital letter. D) There are too many 'ands' and there are no commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are too many 'ands' and there are no commas. 13. Is this punctuation right or wrong?I like to play? A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 14. Where does the colon best fit in the following sentence:Notice this building is closed until September 15. A) Building:. B) Notice:. C) Closed:. D) Until:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notice:. 15. What word(s) needs a capital in this sentence?My mom and i are going shopping after school. A) Mom. B) I. C) Mom, i. D) Mom, i, school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 16. Which of these is NOT a function of a colon? A) Introduce quotations. B) Introduces a dependent clause that helps emphasize or illustrate an idea. C) Indicates the end of a sentence. D) Introduces a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicates the end of a sentence. 17. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.They are armed with jagged barbed stingers. A) They are armed with jagged, barbed stingers. B) They are armed with jagged barbed, stingers. C) They are armed, with jagged barbed stingers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are armed with jagged, barbed stingers. 18. What type of sentence is "What a beautiful day it is!" ? A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 19. What is a full stop? A) . B) !!!!!. C) ?????. D) , , , , , , , , ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 20. Which sentence shows a comma seperating independent clauses (compound sentence)? A) Jack does not like math nor does, Sue. B) They will go to the, store now for they need school supplies. C) Dan can go to the park or, he can go to the mall. D) James wants to leave now, yet we must wait for his little brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James wants to leave now, yet we must wait for his little brother. 21. Spell out any number that begins a sentence or reword the sentence so that it does not begin with a number. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. He is distraught and alone, and determined on fighting back. A) NO CHANGE. B) Distraught, and alone, and determined to fight back. C) Distraught, alone, and determined to fight back. D) Distraughtly alone, with the determination for fighting back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distraught, alone, and determined to fight back. 23. Is the comma used correctly in this sentence?At camp this summer, I learned to surf behind a boat. A) Yes-natural pause after an introductory phrase. B) No-this is a comma in between 2 complete sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-natural pause after an introductory phrase. 24. Juan Gutierrez is a very smart Senator. He is not ..... a very good balloon artist. A) However. B) ; however,. C) , however,. D) , however. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , however,. 25. Those artists who look good on camera have a greater chance of success than those who do not, examples are not difficult to find. A) NO CHANGE. B) Not. Examples. C) Not examples. D) Not-examples-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. Examples. 26. What type of punctuation mark can be used to separate an adverbial phrase from a main clause? A) Full stop. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Dash. E) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 27. A period ..... A) Is necessary. B) Indicates the end of a sentence. C) Introduces a list OR a dependent clause that helps emphasize or illustrate an idea. D) Introduce quotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indicates the end of a sentence. 28. Campbell explains, "It asks are you going to be a person of heart and humanity-because that's what life is, from the heart-or are you going to do whatever is required of you by what might be called 'intentional power'?" A) NO CHANGE. B) Explains " It. C) Explains:It. D) Explains; "It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 29. What should I change about this sentence?:The dog didn't feel well; still, she was sweet to her owner. A) Nothing it's perfect. B) STILL should be capitalized. C) There must be a comma before STILL. D) There must be a period before STILL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing it's perfect. 30. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.Queen bees however are fed royal jelly for the duration of their development. A) Queen bees, however are fed royal jelly for the duration of their development. B) Queen bees however, are fed royal jelly for the duration of their development. C) Queen bees, however, are fed royal jelly for the duration of their development. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen bees, however, are fed royal jelly for the duration of their development. ← 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