This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What punctuation mark represents a period? A) . B) ?. C) !. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 2. We all stopped for an ice cream ..... on the way home. A) Sunday. B) Sundae. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sundae. 3. Identify the punctuationLily-Rose was her name A) Colon. B) Dash. C) Hyphen. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyphen. 4. Which element of the following sentence is an APPOSITIVE PHRASE?Kristin, my oldest friend, mailed me a birthday gift. A) Kristin. B) My oldest friend. C) Mailed me. D) A birthday gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My oldest friend. 5. Which comma rule is used in the following sentence? We will go to recess, and then we will go to class. A) #1-Items in a Series. B) #4-Interrupter. C) #2-Separating Adjectives. D) #3-Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) #3-Compound Sentence. 6. Joe bought all of his favorite things at the candy store ..... Snickers, Reese's Pieces and all of the cotton candy he could eat. A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 7. Use to indicate song titles A) Quotation Marks. B) Italics. C) Commas. D) Apostrophes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation Marks. 8. Analyze the following sentence and determine the correct punctuation to indicate a pause: "She was late however she still managed to catch the bus." A) She was late; however, she still managed to catch the bus. B) She was late, however she still managed to catch the bus. C) She was late however; she still managed to catch the bus. D) She was late however, she still managed to catch the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was late; however, she still managed to catch the bus. 9. What is an exclamation mark? A) !!!!!!!!!!. B) ??????. C) . D) , , , , , , , , , , ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !!!!!!!!!!. 10. Choose the correct punctuation for the given sentence:I cant believe its already 10 pma) I can't believe it's already 10 pm!b) I cant believe its already 10 pmc) I can't believe it's already 10 pm. A) I can't believe it's already 10 pm!. B) I cant believe its already 10 pm. C) I can't believe it's already 10 pm?. D) I can't believe! it's already 10 pm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can't believe it's already 10 pm!. 11. Which is NOT an acceptable way to fix the following sentence:Since four inches have fallen, school has been closed the children are all outside having a snowball fight. A) Closed. The. B) Closed; the. C) Closed, but. D) Closed, and. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closed, but. 12. Select the correct end punctuation for the given exclamatory sentence:What a beautiful sunseta) What a beautiful sunset?b) What a beautiful sunset!c) What a beautiful sunset. A) What a beautiful sunset?. B) What a beautiful sunset!. C) What a beautiful sunset. D) What! A beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What a beautiful sunset!. 13. What do you put around the quoted words that someone speaks in a sentence? A) Period . B) Exclamation Point !. C) Quotation Marks '' ''. D) Comma,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation Marks '' ''. 14. Which of these uses commas correctly. A) My favorite snacks are KitKats, Hersheys, and Snickers!. B) My favorite snacks are kitkats hershey and snickers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite snacks are KitKats, Hersheys, and Snickers!. 15. Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a contraction or Possessive?I CAN'T find the remote to the TV. A) Possessive. B) Contraction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contraction. 16. What type of punctuation mark separates items in a simple list? A) Full stop. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Dash. E) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 17. Choose the best punctuation: "We went home early ..... we were very tired. A) :. B) ;. C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ;. 18. What is the main reason to use commas in a list? A) To separate items and avoid confusion. B) To make the sentence longer. C) To end the sentence. D) To start a new paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To separate items and avoid confusion. 19. Which punctuation mark is used to join together compound nouns and adjectives? A) Comma. B) Dash. C) Parentheses. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 20. A ..... is used to join 2 closely related independent clauses. A) Comma. B) Dash. C) Colon. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semicolon. 21. What punctuation goes in the blank?I want to travel the world ..... however I have no money. A) ;. B) ,. C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 22. Neither of the little girls wants to share ..... toys. A) Her. B) Their. C) She. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 23. I can't stand Halloween, it's a crazy night filled with hyper kids who've eaten too much sugar. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 24. Which would correct the book title?We read The Cat in the Hat in our class. A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 25. The new study sheds light on a long-standing geological mystery. Over time, repeated ..... contribute to the growth of large gold nuggets in specific areas of quartz veins. A) Earthquakes . B) Earthquakes. C) Earthquakes,. D) Earthquakes;. 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