This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It's Katie's ..... brought donuts! A) Birthday; she. B) Birthday she. C) Birthday, she. D) Birthday. she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birthday; she. 2. Select the correct use of an apostrophe and/or possessive/plural word in the following sentence:The waiter helped her find the ..... restroom. A) Womens. B) Women's. C) Womens'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women's. 3. What type of sentence is this?I'll be there! A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 4. Which word is incorrectly capitalized in the following sentence? My favorite season of the year is Summer because that is when we celebrate the Fourth of July. A) Fourth. B) July. C) Summer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summer. 5. Which sentence uses the rules for quotations correctly? A) What time is the party? asked Livia. B) "What time is the party, " asked Livia. C) "What time is the party? asked Livia. D) "What time is the party?" asked Livia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "What time is the party?" asked Livia. 6. When adding a citation, the authors name and page number goes in ..... A) Commas. B) Colons. C) Parentheses. D) Dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parentheses. 7. What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate? "I couldn't help noticing ..... " Mark's voice trailed off. A) Passage of time. B) An unfinished thought. C) Omitted text from a quotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unfinished thought. 8. Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a contraction or Possessive?JACK'S lunchbox was left in the cafeteria. A) Contraction. B) Possessive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possessive. 9. Choose the quotation that is punctuated correctly. A) "Have you ever had a cat?" asked Leonardo. B) "have you ever had a cat?" asked Leonardo. C) "Have you ever had a cat? asked Leonardo. D) "Have you ever had a cat, " asked Leonardo?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Have you ever had a cat?" asked Leonardo. 10. True or False:It is always necessary to capitalize the word directly following the semi colon? A) True. B) False. C) What robots?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas when listing items in a series: A) She likes to go to the movies, and eat a lot of popcorn. B) I am going to brush my teeth, wash my face, and put on my PJ's before I go to sleep. C) Would you like to eat, pizza or tacos?. D) My aunt has 4 daughters and their names are Abby, and Kayla, and Jessica, and Melissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am going to brush my teeth, wash my face, and put on my PJ's before I go to sleep. 12. What is this called? A) Period. B) Comma. C) Quotation marks. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question mark. 13. When I spoke to my employer about a raise. A) Phrase. B) Dependent Clause. C) Independent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 14. Are these words capitalized correctly? The Terry Fox Run is this weekend. He was Canadian. A) Yes-looks good. B) No capital on Canadian. C) No capitali on run. D) No capital on terry fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-looks good. 15. Identify the subject: "My friend and I played chess all day long." A) The subject is-MY FRIEND. B) The subject is-I. C) The subject is-chess. D) The subject is-My friend and I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The subject is-My friend and I. 16. Choose already! A) When grandma's freezer stopped working, we had to call Joe's Appliance Repair. B) When grandma's freezer stopped working we had to call Joe's Appliance Repair. C) When Grandma's freezer stopped working, we had to call Joe's Appliance Repair. D) When Grandma's freezer stopped working, we had to call Joe's appliance repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When Grandma's freezer stopped working, we had to call Joe's Appliance Repair. 17. Which element of the following sentence is the OBJECT?Kristin, my oldest friend, mailed me a birthday gift. A) Kristin. B) My oldest friend. C) Me. D) Gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gift. 18. Use to show a choice A) Slash. B) Dash. C) Ellipses. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slash. 19. A period is used when you are stating something A) True. B) False. C) That's an exclamation. D) That's a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. For one thing, there was not nearly enough interesting characters suspenseful moments or exciting escapes in the game to satisfy him. A) NO CHANGE. B) Interesting characters suspenseful moments plot twists, or exciting escapes. C) Interesting characters, suspenseful moments, or exciting escapes. D) Interesting, characters, suspenseful, moments, or exciting, escapes,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interesting characters, suspenseful moments, or exciting escapes. 21. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.I want to go to the concert but tickets are sold out. A) I want to go, to the concert but tickets are sold out. B) I want to go to the, concert but tickets are sold out. C) I want to go to the concert, but tickets are sold out. D) I want to go to the, concert, but tickets are sold out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I want to go to the concert, but tickets are sold out. 22. Complete the sentence: "When Becky arrive ..... was very tired." A) , she. B) :she. C) ; she. D) -she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) , she. 23. What is the correct contraction for this set of words:He'd A) He will. B) He have. C) He would. D) He knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He would. 24. Which sentences uses correct punctuation? A) Until, we get home from the fair we will have to wait to try it out. B) Until we get home from the fair, we will have to wait to try it out. C) Until we get home from the fair we will have, to wait to try it out. D) Until, we get home from the fair, we will have to wait to try it out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until we get home from the fair, we will have to wait to try it out. 25. Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? He couldnt believe that his brother hadn't finished the book yet. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 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