This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where in the sentence should the colon be?You will need the following sunscreen, swimming gear, a packed lunch, and common sense A) Before 'sunscreen'. B) After 'sunscreen'. C) Before 'following'. D) After 'following'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After 'following'. 2. This is my favorite (pare, pair, pear) of jeans. A) Pare. B) Pair. C) Pear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pair. 3. After Frank won the match, he congratulated his opponent. A) NO CHANGE. B) After Frank won the match, he congratulated, his opponent. C) After, Frank won the match he congratulated his opponent. D) After Frank won the match he congratulated his opponent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 4. Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement? A) The team are winning the game. B) The team is winning the game. C) The teams is winning the game. D) The team were winning the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team is winning the game. 5. Which ends an interrogative sentence? A) Question mark. B) Exclamation point. C) Period. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question mark. 6. Correct the error in capitalization:Lake lanier is the closest body of water to Buford, GA. A) GA should be lowercase. B) Lanier should be capitalized. C) Lake should be lowercase. D) No mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lanier should be capitalized. 7. We have to write reports for gym class on one of the following athletes:Jesse Owens, Sonja Henie, Jim Brown, Althea Gibson, or Babe Didrikson Zaharias. A) All of the punctuation is correct. B) Change the colon to a semicolon. C) Change the colon to a dash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the punctuation is correct. 8. Choose the best punctuation to end the sentence:Are you sure we are going the right way A) !. B) . C) ?. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 9. What is it when you incorrectly join two sentences by placing a comma in between them? A) Fragment. B) Semicolon. C) Comma Splice. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 10. Use an apostrophe and an-s to form the possessive of a singular noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. True or False:Brackets are used to add a direct quote and/or to add to parentheses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. She had a thought ..... should she make slime, a stress ball, or a bath bomb? A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 13. Use to indicate the titles of paintings, sculptures, ships, and planes A) Italics. B) Quotation Marks. C) Hyphens. D) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 14. The senator presented as evidence the anti-American pamphlets distributed by the terrorist group. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Remove the hyphen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All punctuation is correct. 15. Gold nuggets form over time through repeated seismic events. The largest nuggets ..... orogenic gold deposits can weigh up to 130 pounds, typically forming between tectonic plates that have collided to create mountain ranges. A) In. B) In,. C) In . D) In:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 16. It is necessary, however to maintain a good weight. A) NO CHANGE. B) It is necessary, however, to maintain a good weight. C) It is necessary however to maintain a good weight. D) It is necessary however to maintain a good weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is necessary, however, to maintain a good weight. 17. What is missing from the following sentence? Maria said I'm ready to go home. A) Parentheses. B) Quotation marks and a comma. C) Quotation marks. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotation marks and a comma. 18. What is the blue portion of the sentence below?When people are afraid, they often make stupid decisions. A) Independent Clause. B) Phrase. C) Dependent Clause. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Clause. 19. David wanted to go play basketball this evening, but he ended up running errands for his mom instead. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 20. I help to join words together. Who am I? A) Colon. B) Hyphen. C) Dash. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyphen. 21. What type of sentence is the following? My brother, my sister, and I went there last year. A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 22. Carrie and her cat, Mittens; were having a relaxing afternoon. A) NO CHANGE. B) Carrie and her cat, Mittens were having a relaxing afternoon. C) Carrie and her cat; Mittens; were having a relaxing afternoon. D) Carrie and her cat, Mittens, were having a relaxing afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrie and her cat, Mittens, were having a relaxing afternoon. 23. Anthony worked two jobs last summer ** ..... ** one at the grocery store, one at the car wash. A) ;. B) :. C) '. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -. 24. When the ..... comes at the beginning of the sentence, you will always need a comma to separate it from the independent clause. A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) Coordinating conjunction. D) Apple pie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 25. I might not have been able to drive a race car; but now I could design a car build a car and engineer it to win a race. A) NO CHANGE. B) To drive a race car, but now. C) To drive a race car. But now. D) To drive a race car; and now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To drive a race car, but now. 26. After which word in the sentence below should a semi-colon be inserted? The sky was cloudy however, it never rained A) Sky. B) However. C) Rain. D) Cloudy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloudy. 27. ZiNyia's determination to earn money inspired her classmates. What is the correct punctuation mark used in this sentence? A) ;. B) :. C) '. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) '. 28. Larry was looking at three different cars a Bugatti, a Lamborghini, and a Tesla. A) Cars,. B) Cars;. C) Cars:. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cars:. 29. Use a semicolon to join parts of a compound sentence when a conjunction such as and, but, or or is not used. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Fused sentences occur when the writer forgets to use proper punctuation to join independent clauses the semi-colon or a comma and conjunction is needed. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Punctuation should be followed by a semi-colon:punctuation;. C) Clauses should be followed by a colon:clauses:. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punctuation should be followed by a semi-colon:punctuation;. ← 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