This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the correct end punctuation for the given exclamatory sentence:I love to read books a) I love to read books? b) I love to read books! c) I love to read books. A) I love to read books!. B) I love to read books. C) I love to read books . D) I love to read books?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I love to read books!. 2. The slim dark-haired woman sat across from me. A) NO CHANGE. B) The slim, dark-haired woman, sat across from me. C) The slim, dark-haired woman sat across from me. D) The slim, dark-haired, woman sat across from me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The slim, dark-haired woman sat across from me. 3. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.July is such a hot sunny month. A) July, is such a hot, sunny month. B) July is such a hot, sunny month. C) July is such a hot, sunny, month. D) July, is such a hot sunny month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) July is such a hot, sunny month. 4. Select the correct end punctuation for the given exclamatory sentence:We had a great time at the party a) We had a great time at the party? b) We had a great time at the party! c) We had a great time at the party. A) We had a great time at the party!. B) We had a great time at the party!!!!. C) We had a great time at the party?. D) We had a great time at the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We had a great time at the party!. 5. What is the correct punctuation for this sentence:Do you think we can ride on a roller coaster A) !. B) ?. C) . D) '. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 6. Sometimes it is very convenient to use parentheses, however, sometimes it is better to use a dash. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Parentheses should be followed by a colon:parentheses:. C) Parentheses should be followed by a semi-colon:parentheses;. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parentheses should be followed by a semi-colon:parentheses;. 7. On our street, on each side (is-are) many tall trees A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 8. Right or wrong:Several computer's keyboards are missing. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 9. Does your friend Janice speak Portuguese or Spanish? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 10. Which of the following punctuation marks "keeps two thoughts more tightly linked than a period can" ? A) Colon. B) Semi-colon. C) Comma. D) Exclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi-colon. 11. What is a sentence? A) Something that you own. B) A lot of question and exclamation marks. C) A group of words with a capital letter and full stop. D) A person, place or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of words with a capital letter and full stop. 12. Which type of sentence TELLS? A) Imperative (command). B) Interrogative (question). C) Declarative (statement). D) Exclamatory (exclamation). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative (statement). 13. The categories-once accepted-may cause the exclusion of various writers, often women and minorities, from the mainstream. A) NO CHANGE. B) Categories once accepted. C) Categories; once accepted. D) Categories, once accepted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 14. Select the correct use of an apostrophe and/or possessive/plural word in the following sentence:We are having ..... for lunch today. A) Tacos. B) Taco's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tacos. 15. TayShawn has three goals for the new year ** ..... : ..... ** save money, exercise more, and study harder. A) ;. B) :. C) '. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 16. How are these sentences best combined without changing the meaning?Jurgen played soccer.Soccer was not Jurgen's favorite thing. A) Jurgen played soccer, though it was not his favorite thing. B) Soccer was not Jurgen's favorite thing, so he played it. C) "Soccer is not my favorite thing, " explained Jurgen to the reporter. D) After Jurgen played soccer, it was not his favorite thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jurgen played soccer, though it was not his favorite thing. 17. Which of the following sentences correctly uses end punctuation in a question?a) How old are youb) How old are you?c) How old are you! A) How old are you?. B) How old are you;. C) How old are you!. D) How old are you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How old are you?. 18. In five minutes the building will be closed. A) No change. B) In five minutes the building, will be closed. C) In five minutes; the building will be closed. D) In five minutes, the building will be closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In five minutes, the building will be closed. 19. Capitalize the names of businesses and the brand names of business products. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. My mother's favorite season is Spring because that's the time of year to plant flowers and vegetables. My favorite season is summer, because school is out and I can sleep late. I also like fall because it's the time for Halloween and Thanksgiving.In which word or words in the paragraph is there a capitalization error? A) Fall, summer. B) Halloween and Thanksgiving. C) Spring. D) Mother's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring. 21. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:Did you have a nice break A) ?. B) . C) !. D) ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 22. What are you doing next weekend ..... A) !. B) ?. C) . D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ?. 23. Identify the VERB in the sentence.We went swimming in the Ohio River at midnight. A) Midnight. B) Swimming. C) Ohio River. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swimming. 24. What is an interrogative sentence? A) Asks a question. B) Tells a statement. C) Gives a command. D) Expresses strong feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asks a question. 25. What type of sentence has an exclamation point? A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. ← 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