This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of appositives? A) To cause confusion. B) To show introductory phrases. C) To give detail and explanation to the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give detail and explanation to the sentence. 2. What error is the following sentence an example of?I don't like pizza very much it gives me heartburn. A) Comma-splice. B) Fragment. C) Run-on. D) No error; this is a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-on. 3. What is the correct contraction for the words:I have A) I've. B) I've've. C) I'd. D) I'b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I've. 4. How would you fix the following sentence:After you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. A) After you have finished, taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. B) After you have finished taking out the trash, you may watch your favorite show. C) After, you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. D) After you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After you have finished taking out the trash, you may watch your favorite show. 5. Where does the semicolon best fit in the following sentence:The tulips, which looked so beautiful this spring, were planted only last fall, however, we will have to move them when we build the new garage. A) The tulips;. B) Spring;. C) Fall;. D) However;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fall;. 6. We will celebrate ethan's birthday on march 29th. A) We Will Celebrate Ethan's Birthday on March 29th. B) We will Celebrate Ethan's birthday on march 29th. C) We Will celebrate Ethan's birthday on March 29th. D) We will celebrate Ethan's birthday on March 29th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We will celebrate Ethan's birthday on March 29th. 7. Jeremy won the game and shouted, "Hooray ..... " A) ?. B) '' ''. C) ,. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) !. 8. ..... This is a great party ..... she said. A) ''. B) '. C) ?. D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ''. 9. Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez like to work in (there, they're, their) garden. A) There. B) They're. C) Their. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their. 10. Walking out to the car gave me a sick stomach. A) Walking out to the car, gave me a sick stomach. B) Walking, out to the car gave me a sick stomach. C) Walking out to the car gave me a sick stomach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking out to the car gave me a sick stomach. 11. What type of punctuation do you put between a city and state?Tampa, Florida A) Question mark?. B) Comma,. C) Quotation Marks '' ''. D) Period . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma,. 12. Is this sentence okay?Because of the rain, we decided to stay inside. A) Yes-comma after introductory phrase. B) No-this is a comma splice; 2 complete sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-comma after introductory phrase. 13. Choose all the words that need to be capitalized in the following sentence:Have you ever been to idaho? A) You. B) Been. C) To. D) Idaho. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idaho. 14. I was surprised when I didnt see you at the party. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 15. In a sentence, we call the one doing the action? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Subject. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 16. What do we call the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is? A) Subject. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 17. The following sentence needs what punctuation mark? In the book on page 122 it states, Every man was out for himself and it was terrifying. A) Period. B) Comma. C) Apostrophe. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quotation marks. 18. Which comma rule is used in the following sentence? The sad, lonely bus riders sat in silence as they traveled through the city. A) #2-Separating Adjectives. B) #5-Introductory Elements. C) #1-Items in a Series. D) #6-Conventional Situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) #2-Separating Adjectives. 19. Which letter should be capitalized?"Submit this report by tuesday." A) Submit. B) Report. C) By. D) Tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuesday. 20. Use these between items in a series if the items already contain commas A) Semicolon. B) Periods. C) Apostrophe. D) Slashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 21. EXERCISE 3:ApostrophesAdd apostrophes where needed. Some sentences may be correct as written.A caterpillars first meal is its own eggshell. A) Correct as written. B) A caterpillars first meal is it's own eggshell. C) A caterpillars' first meal is its own eggshell. D) A caterpillar's first meal is its own eggshell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A caterpillar's first meal is its own eggshell. 22. Find the word with the apostrophe. Is it a contraction or Possessive?DAD'S tools are in his shed. A) Contraction. B) Possessive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possessive. 23. I will work on my math facts A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 24. What's the subject in the following sentence? Judith, sit with me in the cafeteria today during the assembly. A) Judith. B) Me. C) Cafeteria. D) You. E) Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You. 25. Check punctuation!Flintly who is the weirdest kid on the block collects navel lint. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. ← 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