This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's wrong with this sentence?'I really like to eat pizza and hamburgers' A) Nothing. B) It needs a comma. C) There is an 'and'. D) There is no full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no full stop. 2. A period (.) is for A) Telling. B) Asking. C) Yelling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telling. 3. What is missing in this sentence?The students said, That I understand! A) Quotation marks '' ''. B) Exclamation point !. C) Period . D) Comma,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks '' ''. 4. What is an imperative sentence? A) Asks a question. B) Tells a statement. C) Gives a command. D) Expresses strong feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives a command. 5. Select the sentence that properly uses a semicolon between two independent clauses. A) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow; she will be on vacation. B) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow, she will be on vacation. C) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow; because she will be on vacation. D) She can't, attend the meeting tomorrow; she will be on vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She can't attend the meeting tomorrow; she will be on vacation. 6. The elevator to success is out of order; you'll have to use the stairs. Punctuated correctly? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. She was SO MAD A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 8. Identify the sentence type:'Although it was raining, we went for a walk, and we enjoyed it.' A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 9. Choose all the words that need to be capitalized in the following sentence:My friend lives in the city of pocatello. A) Friend. B) Lives. C) City. D) Pocatello. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pocatello. 10. What type of punctuation do you use for an interrogative sentence? A) A period. B) A question mark. C) An exclamation point. D) A comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A question mark. 11. Which sentence is an example of an interrogative sentence? A) Did you finish your homework?. B) The sun is shining brightly. C) What a beautiful day it is!. D) Please close the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you finish your homework?. 12. Hyphens are used to separate items in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. What are lowercase letters? A) ABCDEFG. B) Abcdefg. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abcdefg. 14. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:The test is over, put down your pencils A) . B) ?. C) !. D) ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 15. What other punctuation mark could divide a compound sentence A) Ampersand &. B) Semi-colon ;. C) Colon:. D) Period . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi-colon ;. 16. What punctuation is needed in this sentence? "If you want to succeed you must work hard." A) Comma after "succeed". B) Comma after "you". C) Comma after "must". D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma after "succeed". 17. Which of the following sentences correctly uses end punctuation in a question?a) What is your nameb) What is your name?c) What is your name! A) What is your name?. B) What is:your name. C) What is your name!. D) What is your name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is your name?. 18. Identify the sentence that has the correct punctuation. A) "I forgot my homework at home"! cried Kate. B) I forgot my homework at home! cried Kate. C) "I forgot my homework at home!" cried Kate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I forgot my homework at home!" cried Kate. 19. Jenna and I hoped to go surfing, and my mom wanted to read a book after napping on the beach. A) Keep comma. B) Delete comma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep comma. 20. I've done all my chores; therefore, I deserve to go hang out with my friends. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 21. Identify the punctuation: A) Colon. B) Semi colon. C) Apostrophe. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 22. All of the football players uniforms smelled like a garbage can. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 23. James YouTube channel has no subscribers. A) NO CHANGE. B) James'. C) James's. D) Jame's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James's. 24. What is the definition of a compound sentence? A) One independent clause. B) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction. C) One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. D) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction along with one or more dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two or more independent clauses joined with a comma and coordinating conjunction. 25. ..... is the time and place in which a story takes place. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Resolution. D) Conflict. 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