This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 37 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct verb for this sentence:The boys ..... math is easy. A) Thinks. B) Think. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Think. 2. Yes, I was going to go to the mall to buy new air fresheners for my classroom last weekend, but I read a book instead. A) Correct. B) Not Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 3. Select the correct use of an apostrophe and/or possessive/plural word in the following sentence:When ..... home, we celebrate by getting pizza. A) Their. B) They're. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're. 4. Which would correct the song title?Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana played on the radio. A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation marks. 5. Does The need to be capitalized?During The Dark Ages, many people died. A) No, not part of the name. B) Yes, part of the name. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, not part of the name. 6. It rained heavily; during the afternoon we managed to have our picnic anyway. A) NO CHANGE. B) Heavily during the afternoon we managed; to. C) Heavily during the afternoon; we managed to. D) Heavily during the afternoon; we managed, to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavily during the afternoon; we managed to. 7. What is the correct formula for a compound-complex sentence? A) IC DC IC. B) IC, DC; IC. C) IC; IC, DC. D) IC, DC, IC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IC; IC, DC. 8. Maria looked for the book in the library but didn't find it.Which answer fixes the problem? A) There isn't a problem. B) Maria,. C) Library,. D) Book,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There isn't a problem. 9. Which of the following uses correct punctuation? A) Look out below:. B) Please don't go,. C) I won tickets to the concert?. D) Watch out for the mud puddle!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watch out for the mud puddle!. 10. This message, though, was clearly too dangerous a crew came to sandblast the graffiti from the sidewalk the very next day. A) NO CHANGE. B) Dangerous but a. C) Dangerous:a. D) Dangerous, a. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangerous:a. 11. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:What is your favorite color A) ?. B) !. C) ''. D) >. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 12. Choose all the words that need to be capitalized in the following sentence:We will take grandpa to a horse show. A) Will. B) Take. C) Grandpa. D) Show. E) Horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grandpa. 13. What kind of sentence opener is this?Although Harold wasn't a blood relative, the English wanted him to be king. A) #5-wwwasiabecause. B) #2-preposition. C) #1-subject. D) #4-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) #5-wwwasiabecause. 14. Well done you A) ?. B) !. C) . D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) !. 15. Our stomachs might burst! We shouldn't have eaten so many fried cheese sticks. A) Shouldn't contains a correct apostrophe. B) The apostrophe must come between the d and n, where the space was omitted:should'nt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shouldn't contains a correct apostrophe. 16. Where does the comma go?My sister was sad so I told her a joke. A) Sister,. B) Her,. C) Sad,. D) So,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sad,. 17. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause before a conjunction in a compound sentence? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 18. Let's go out for dinner, shall we ..... A) . B) ,. C) !. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ?. 19. Where does the colon best fit in the following sentence:Caution Proceed at your own risk. A) Caution:. B) Proceed:. C) Your:. D) Own:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caution:. 20. Choose the correct punctuation mark for the sentence.I had fish for dinner last night A) ?. B) . C) !. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 21. The weather is ..... go outside A) Beautiful; let's. B) Beautiful. let's. C) Beautiful, let's. D) Beautiful lets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful; let's. 22. EXERCISE 2:Semicolons and ColonsAdd semicolons and colons where needed.Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates however, fireflies use light. A) Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates; however, fireflies use light. B) Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates:however, fireflies use light. C) Other insects use their sense; of smell to find mates however, fireflies use:light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates; however, fireflies use light. 23. Easterlys offered to coach the team this year; however the competition for the job is fierce. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 24. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause before introducing a quote? A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Comma. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 25. The football game is on monday, july 2nd. A) The football Game is on monday, july 2nd. B) The football game is on Monday, July 2nd. C) The Football game is on Monday, July 2nd. D) The Football Game Is on Monday, July 2nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The football game is on Monday, July 2nd. 26. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.George will be visiting Canada Africa Austria and Brazil. A) George will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria, and Brazil. B) George, will be visiting Canada, Africa Austria, and Brazil. C) George will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria and Brazil. D) George, will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria, and Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria, and Brazil. 27. When I get home from school, I am going to do my homework right away. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 28. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #2 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 29. What are the parentheses doing in this sentence?The vampire (who had, moments ago, turned into a bat) was distressed to overhear what the other monsters thought of him. A) Providing extra explanation. B) Showing interruption dialogue. C) Used as a reference. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Providing extra explanation. 30. Farmer Brown ran to the fire A) . B) ?. C) !. D) '' ". 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