This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 34 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the correct contraction for the wordscould not A) Couldn't. B) Couldnt. C) Could've. D) Couldn'tve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couldn't. 2. Identify the sentence type:'The sun set, and the stars appeared.' A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound-complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound sentence. 3. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Kamyah's last name has two d's. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Is the following sentence CORRECT or INCORRECT (focusing on punctuation)? Dr. Miller ..... Hardin published her newest best-selling book about rocket science. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 5. Select the sentence that is correctly revised for clarity. A) The book, which was on the table, was read by me. B) I read the book that was on the table. C) The book was read by me, which was on the table. D) On the table, I read the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read the book that was on the table. 6. Sorry we do not have enough room. A) No change. B) Sorry, we do not have enough room. C) Sorry. We do not have enough room. D) Sorry-we do not have enough room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sorry, we do not have enough room. 7. My favorite pizza toppings are:sausage, peppers, extra cheese, and mushrooms. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 8. Which would correct the movie title?Stan Lee is the producer of iron man. A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalization. 9. I love these lyrics by James Bay: "Why don't you be you, and I'll be me?" A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 10. What type of punctuation do you use for a declarative sentence? A) A period. B) A question mark. C) An exclamation point. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A period. 11. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a semicolon?a) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go to the concert.b) I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go to the concert.c) I have a big test tomorrow I can't go to the concert. A) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go to the concert. B) I have a big test tomorrow, I can't go to the concert. C) I have a big test tomorrow I can't go to the concert. D) I have a big test tomorrow:I can't go to the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go to the concert. 12. Where should comma be placed?SincerelyMs. Miller A) After Sincerely. B) After Ms. C) After Miller. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After Sincerely. 13. How would you correctly punctuate the following sentence? A) Over spring break Ms. Kaiser went to Palm Beach and Ms. Soule went to San Francisco. B) Over spring break, Ms. Kaiser went to Palm Beach, and Ms. Soule went to San Francisco. C) Over spring break Ms. Kaiser went to Palm Beach, and Ms. Soule went to San Francisco. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over spring break, Ms. Kaiser went to Palm Beach, and Ms. Soule went to San Francisco. 14. What type of punctuation do you use in a series of 3 or more items?I had chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn for dinner. A) Comma,. B) Quotation Marks '' ''. C) Colon:. D) Period . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma,. 15. Identify the correct punctuation for:The souvenir stand my favorite place in the stadium is open now. A) The souvenir stand my favorite place in the stadium, is open now. B) The souvenir stand (my favorite place in the stadium) is open now. C) The souvenir stand my favorite place in the stadium is open now. D) The souvenir stand, my favorite place in the stadium is open now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The souvenir stand (my favorite place in the stadium) is open now. 16. Choose the correct punctuation mark for the sentence.That is disgusting A) . B) ?. C) @. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 17. What should I change about this sentence?:Larry wanted to go back to sleep. However he also knew he needed to wake up for school. A) Nothing it's perfect. B) HOWEVER should not be capitalized. C) There must be a semicolon before HOWEVER. D) There must be a comma after HOWEVER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There must be a comma after HOWEVER. 18. Where does the hyphen best fit in the following sentence:January 2nd was a never to be forgotten day. A) Never-. B) To-. C) Be-. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. The yellow cat is friendly A) . B) !. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 20. Where does the comma belong? Andrew wanted to go to school but he had to work in a factory instead. A) School but,. B) School, but. C) Work, in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) School, but. 21. It was snowing but we decided to drive to Aberdeen anyway. A) Correct. B) Not Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not Correct. 22. Complete sentence, fragment, or run-on?We went trick-or treating last night my sister went with us. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 23. The "period" ..... A) Can be used interchangeably with the comma splice. B) Should only be used at the end of a paragraph. C) Should be used to for a complete sentence. D) The period is no longer necessary because we have iphones now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should be used to for a complete sentence. 24. If a sentence continues after the year in a date, what punctuation should be used? A) Comma. B) Period. C) Semicolon. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 25. Is that your red backpack A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 26. Rex wants to run for Congress and many think that he a charming intelligent man would be good. A) Commas after Congress, he, charming, man. B) Commas after Congress, charming, and man. C) Commas after he and man. D) Commas after Congress, think, he, intelligent, and man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas after Congress, he, charming, man. 27. Identify the correct punctuation mark for each sentence. How did you know that I was sad today A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 28. "Please go to the store and buy some eggs" , she said. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 29. What type of punctuation mark is used to separate items in a complex list? A) Full stop. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Dash. E) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon. 30. I proposed that we should all of us bring our books to that room, where they would not only be ready to consult in our conferences but also become a common benefit, each of us being at liberty to borrow such as he wished to read at home. A) NO CHANGE. B) Conferences, but. C) Conferences; but. D) Conferences:but. 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