This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use to set off interrupting parenthetical expressions from the rest of the sentence A) Comma. B) Period. C) Semicolon. D) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 2. A bucket A) Pale. B) Pail. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pail. 3. Complete the sentence with a punctuation mark.I had a few questions for the suspect ..... who were they and why did they steal my pumpkin pie? A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 4. The concert is on saturday. A) The concert is on Saturday. B) The Concert is on Saturday. C) The concert Is on Saturday. D) The Concert Is On Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The concert is on Saturday. 5. FL. is the correct abbreviation for Florida. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Select the sentence that appropriately uses a semicolon with a conjunctive adverb.Which sentence correctly uses a comma in a list? A) We need eggs milk, butter, and cheese. B) We need eggs, milk butter, and cheese. C) We need eggs, milk, butter, and cheese. D) We need, eggs, milk, butter and cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We need eggs, milk, butter, and cheese. 7. The question mark (?) goes ..... quotation marks. A) Inside. B) Outside. C) It depends on the words in the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It depends on the words in the sentence. 8. Bananas are a healthy fruit A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 9. I love to look at all the people faces during exciting parts of the movie. A) NO CHANGE. B) People's. C) Peoples'. D) Peoples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People's. 10. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Milly is a well-trained dog. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Is this sentence sentence written correctly?Chad told me, "the movie begins at 7:30." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. Read this sentence:Since, English is her first class of the day, Sandy makes sure she has her homework done the night before. Which correction should be made to this sentence? A) Insert a comma after done. B) Delete the comma after Since. C) Insert a comma after class. D) Delete the comma after day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delete the comma after Since. 13. Use to indicate titles of books A) Italics. B) Quotation Marks. C) Ellipses. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 14. Among her favorite treats are baby carrots, apples chunks, and hot dog slices. A) NO CHANGE. B) Treats are;. C) Treats, them being;. D) Treats would be the following:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 15. Almost overnight the land too turns greenish. One week, seeds are sown in bare patches behind the villagers' houses. A) NO CHANGE. B) Greenish, one. C) Greenish one. D) Greenish (one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 16. Use a comma to set off words that interrupt the flow of thought in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. When do we use capital letters? A) Start of every sentence. B) At the end of every sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Start of every sentence. 18. Anthropologists-whom prefer to draw their conclusions from the fossils they gather in the field are particularly skeptical of this genetically based hypothesis. A) NO CHANGE. B) Field. They are particularly. C) Field and are particularly. D) Field-are particularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Field-are particularly. 19. Benji ate his dog food, the brand was Pedigree. A) NO CHANGE. B) Benji ate his dog food; the brand was Pedigree. C) Benji ate his dog food:the brand was Pedigree. D) Benji ate his dog food the brand was Pedigree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benji ate his dog food; the brand was Pedigree. 20. Which word names the simple predicate:Three fuzzy ducklings swam in the pond. A) Fuzzy. B) Swam. C) In. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swam. 21. Choose the sentence with the correct use of commas. A) My favorite colors are blue, green and, red. B) My favorite colors are blue, green, and red. C) My favorite colors are, blue, green, and red. D) My favorite colors are blue green, and red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My favorite colors are blue, green, and red. 22. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Its too bad the student was quarantined. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. A sentence with a lot of emotion is what type of sentence? A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 24. What type of sentence is "Please close the door." ? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 25. Put in the punctuation. Wow Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring sure is colorful ! A) Wow, Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring sure is colorful !. B) Wow, Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring sure is colorful. C) Wow Yellowstone's, Grand Prismatic Spring sure is colorful !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wow, Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring sure is colorful !. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPunctuation Quiz 1Punctuation Quiz 2Punctuation Quiz 4Punctuation Quiz 5Punctuation Quiz 6Punctuation Quiz 7Punctuation Quiz 8Punctuation Quiz 9Punctuation Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books