This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:We just had Christmas break A) ?. B) . C) !. D) ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 2. The dash-used when expressing a non essential-can be confusing to many students' grammar understanding. A) Change dashes to parentheses. B) Add a hyphen to non essential:non-essential. C) Change the apostrophe on students' to be the following:student's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add a hyphen to non essential:non-essential. 3. Patty is in ..... because he lied to his dad about the broken window. A) Troble. B) Troubel. C) Troubel. D) Trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trouble. 4. Identify the VERB in the following sentence.Michael knocked the ball out of the park during practice. A) Michael. B) Knocked. C) Ball. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knocked. 5. Which sentence is an example of an exclamatory sentence? A) What a beautiful day it is!. B) Did you finish your homework?. C) The sun is shining brightly. D) Please close the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What a beautiful day it is!. 6. What does the morpheme re-mean? A) Again, back. B) Not, reversal. C) In front of, previous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again, back. 7. Which sentence uses a comma and quotation marks, correctly? A) Jay asked, Can you attend my party?. B) Jay asked, "Can you attend my party?". C) Jay asked, "Can you attend my party?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jay asked, "Can you attend my party?". 8. Kara tuned the guitars for ..... and ..... A) Him, me. B) Him, I. C) He, John. D) John, she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Him, me. 9. This is my new dog ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 10. Is this punctuation right or wrong?Today is Monday? A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 11. Why do we use full stops? A) To mark the end of a sentence. B) To make a list. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To mark the end of a sentence. 12. Which of these is a colon? A) :. B) ;. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 13. Last night's rain left the tree-lined trail in the park wet and muddy ..... nevertheless, I enjoyed the fresh, clean air on my morning job. A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 14. What is the correct punctuation for this sentence:We're going to Disney World A) !. B) ?. C) :. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 15. In the following sentence, where should the comma be placed? Timothy loves art but Aaron likes football. A) After the word but. B) After the word Timothy. C) After the word art. D) After the word loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the word art. 16. Determine if the sentence is correctly punctuated or not: "Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk, and we enjoyed it." A) A) Correct. B) B) Not correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Correct. 17. Does the following sentence have CORRECT or INCORRECT punctuation? We traveled to Glasgow; Scotland, London; England, and Edinburgh; Scotland. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 18. They describe what the story is about. A) Events. B) Problem. C) Solution. D) Characters. E) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Events. 19. Commas are used to show possession and ownership. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Ashlyn was born on October 4, 2010. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Does the following sentence have CORRECT or INCORRECT punctuation? You're my best friend; I would never lie about that. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 22. Which would correct the album title?"Nevermind" is Nirvana's best album. A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 23. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:The distance from Beloit, Kansas, to Dax's house is fifteen miles. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which of the following sentences correctly uses commas to separate items in a list?a) My favorite colors are red blue and green.b) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green.c) My favorite colors are red blue, and green. A) My favorite colors are red blue, and green. B) My favorite colors are, red, blue, and green. C) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green. D) My favorite colors are red blue and green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green. 25. An incomplete sentence is called ..... A) A fraggle. B) A friggle. C) A froggle. D) A fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fragment. ← 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