This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True, or false?There are situations where either a semicolon, or a colon could be correctly used to link two independent clauses A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Sofia is writing a letter to her friends Owen and Ellie. She is confused about when to use a comma in her letter. Can you help her? A) To emphasize a point in the letter. B) To indicate the end of a sentence in the letter. C) To separate independent clauses in a compound sentence. D) To separate vowels in a word in the letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate independent clauses in a compound sentence. 3. Select the correct use of an apostrophe and/or possessive/plural word in the following sentence:We all went to the ..... indoor soccer game. A) Girls. B) Girls'. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Girls'. 4. This is so cool ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 5. Which of these punctuation marks is used when writing a sentence that is asking a question? A) . B) ?. C) ''. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 6. Bundle up (that means jacket, muffler, ski mask, and heavy socks) for the outing at Winter Haven. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Change parentheses to dashes. C) Change parentheses to colons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change parentheses to dashes. 7. What is the missing punctuation?Can we go to watch that new movie in the cinema A) !. B) ?. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 8. Choose the correct punctuation mark for the sentence.She went for a walk in the woods A) . B) ?. C) !. D) ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 9. The following TV shows are most popular this fall: "Big Bang Theory" and "The Walking Dead." A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 10. Determine if the sentence is correctly punctuated or not.In our car, we can take Kevin, Gavin, and Mason, and Isaiah can take Austin and Evan. A) Correct. B) Not correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not correct. 11. Where does the semicolon go in this sentence? "We had too many fumbles we lost the game." A) In between "lost" and "the". B) In between "fumbles" and "we". C) Before "We". D) After "game". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In between "fumbles" and "we". 12. I write with clarity and expression.Write is a ..... A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 13. Is this date written correctly? January 8, 1642. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 14. James, John and I should not be blamed for our errors in writing. A) NO CHANGE. B) James John and I should not. C) James, John, and I should not. D) James, John, and I, should not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James, John, and I should not. 15. Does anyone have Samantha's new phone number, I think she moved last week? A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Complete Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 16. Is this sentence correct? "We eat pizza on Fridays, and we get a big one." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 17. The girl ..... s father sat in a corner. A) . B) '. C) ''. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) '. 18. Are we going to the movies or going bowling instead?Which of the following fixes the grammar problem? A) There isn't a problem. B) Movies,. C) Or,. D) Bowling,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There isn't a problem. 19. NASA would gather data; and the Space Shuttle would work on returning spaceships intact from space journeys. A) No change. B) Gather data. And the. C) Gather data, and the. D) Gather data, the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gather data, and the. 20. A semicolon ..... A) Introduces a quote. B) Indicates exclamations. C) Tells us it is an imperative sentence. D) Separates sentences where a conjunction has been left out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separates sentences where a conjunction has been left out. 21. Does this sentence need a comma?During the Dark Ages technology was very primitive. A) No, all good. B) Yes, after Ages-comma after introductory phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, after Ages-comma after introductory phrase. 22. What type of punctuation mark is used to add extra information? A) Full stop. B) Comma. C) Semicolon. D) Dash. E) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Brackets. 23. Use a comma before and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet when it joins independent clauses in a compound sentence. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. In order to attend school, students must be up ..... to ..... date on their shots. A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Parentheses. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 25. Which element of the following sentence is the SUBJECT?Kristin, my oldest friend, mailed me a birthday gift. A) Kristin. B) My oldest friend. C) Me. D) Gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kristin. ← 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