This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 36 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A yellow Lutino Cockatiel, Peaches 'n' Cream was born on August 11, 2002, in East Northport Long Insland, New York. A) NO CHANGE. B) East Northport; Long Island, New York. C) East Northport, which is the name of a town found on Long Island, New York. D) East Northport, Long Island, New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) East Northport, Long Island, New York. 2. Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a contraction or Possessive?Dis you see Mrs. WILLIAM's new car? A) Contraction. B) Possessive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possessive. 3. The hostages were taken in Beirut, Lebanon on June 14 1985. A) NO CHANGE. B) The hostages were taken in Beirut, Lebanon on June 14, 1985. C) The hostages were taken in Beirut Lebanon on June 14, 1985. D) The hostages were taken, in Beirut Lebanon, on June 14, 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hostages were taken in Beirut, Lebanon on June 14, 1985. 4. After completing the separation state, Luke must complete the next phase:initiation, where he gains confidence and learns how to rely on instinct as well as feeling. A) NO CHANGE. B) Next phase; initiation, where he gains. C) Next phase:being initiation, where he will gain. D) Next phase:initiation, in which he gains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next phase:initiation, in which he gains. 5. Use between two independent clauses that are closely related A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 6. I go to school early everyday. A) I go to school early everyday. B) I go to school Early EveryDay. C) I go to school early everyday. D) I Go to school early Everyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I go to school early everyday. 7. Which sentence below has correct capitalization? A) I would have really enjoyed my trip to Switzerland last summer if I could have spoken french. B) I would have really enjoyed my trip to Switzerland last Summer if I could have spoken French. C) I would have really enjoyed my trip to switzerland last summer if I could have spoken french. D) I would have really enjoyed my trip to Switzerland last summer if I could have spoken French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I would have really enjoyed my trip to Switzerland last summer if I could have spoken French. 8. The game is on friday. A) The game is on friday. B) The game is on Friday. C) The Game Is On Friday. D) The Game is On Friday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The game is on Friday. 9. The dog ran outside ..... Then it started barking. A) ,. B) . C) ;. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 10. What is the conjunction in this sentence?We can take a harbor cruise or ride bikes along the marina. A) Or. B) We. C) Can. D) Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 11. Lucy's astronomy teacher taught her that the galaxy in which Earth is located is called the Milky way.Which part of the sentence above has a capitalization error? A) Milky way. B) Lucy's astronomy. C) Teacher. D) The galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milky way. 12. My hip hit a rock ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 13. There are three kinds of people in this world:those who can count and those who can't. A) This sentence is NOT punctuated correctly. B) This sentence is punctuated correctly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence is punctuated correctly. 14. Which sentence has proper capitalization? A) "How did you do on the test?" Asked Melissa. B) "How did you do on the test?" asked Melissa. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "How did you do on the test?" asked Melissa. 15. Choose the correct punctuation mark for the sentence.Do you like pizza A) !. B) ?. C) . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 16. What type of sentence asks a question? A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative. 17. A number A) Won. B) One. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 18. They were greatly disappointed in the quality of the expensive video which had been produced by a well respected company. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Insert a hyphen between well and respected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert a hyphen between well and respected. 19. During their experiments, the researchers ..... seismic waves by placing quartz slabs in a special machine. A) Mimicked. B) Mimicked;. C) Mimicked,. D) Mimicked . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mimicked. 20. The following sentence needs which punctuation mark? There were plenty of kids for my brother to play with at the playground A) Question mark. B) Period. C) Apostrophe. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Period. 21. What is the purpose of an ellipsis? A) To indicate that text has been omitted?. B) To add extra significance to a sentence. C) To end a sentence powerfully. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 22. You can wear your warm coat, or you can stay inside. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 23. Which is a reason for using a semicolon? A) Use a semicolon to join two related independent clauses. B) Use a semicolon to separate information. C) Use a semicolon to show a long pause in a sentence. D) Use a semicolon to join two different independent clauses that have nothing in common. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use a semicolon to join two related independent clauses. 24. Select subject pronoun or object pronoun to describe the blue word.The rains in the tropical forest drenched them. A) Subject pronoun. B) Object pronoun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object pronoun. 25. Identify the VERB in the sentence. Robyn walked from the music room to the library. A) Walked. B) Robyn. C) Music room. D) Library. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 26. This is the point ..... if you do poorly in 7th grade, how will you do in 8th? A) ,. B) :. C) ;. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 27. What is the subject of the following sentence?There are so many cars on the beltway. A) Cars. B) There. C) Beltway. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. 28. How should this sentence be corrected? The computer has a virus and it will need to be reformatted A) Computer,. B) Virus,. C) Need,. D) And,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virus,. 29. Where do commas belong in the following sentence?Our new kittens who could not find their mother meowed loudly. A) Our new kittens, who could not find their mother, meowed loudly. B) Our new kittens who could not find their mother, meowed loudly. C) Our new kittens, who could not find their mother meowed loudly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our new kittens, who could not find their mother, meowed loudly. 30. Pick the sentence with the possessive apostrophe in the correct place.The ..... day seems never ending. A) Farmers's. B) Farmer's. C) Farmers'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farmer's. ← 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