This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:Around 25 percent of the students did not study. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Where does the comma belong?1012 Golden Valley RoadMinneapolis MN 55401 A) Minneapolis MN, 55401. B) Minneapolis MN 55401,. C) Minneapolis, MN 55401. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minneapolis, MN 55401. 3. My parents who were born there visited Scotland last summer. A) NO CHANGE. B) My parents who were born there, visited Scotland last summer. C) My parents, who were born there, visited Scotland last summer. D) My parents who were born there visited Scotland, last summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My parents, who were born there, visited Scotland last summer. 4. The cat slept through the storm ..... the dog cowered under the bed. A) ,. B) !. C) ?. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ;. 5. The grain of the wood changes from board to board knots and other such imperfections should have been easily found. A) NO CHANGE. B) Board. Knots and other such. C) Board, knots and other such. D) Board knots-and other such-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Board. Knots and other such. 6. Choose the sentence that uses the correct the punctuation. A) Tommy said, "I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve.". B) Tommy said, I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve. C) Tommy said "I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve.". D) Tommy said, "I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tommy said, "I am just an extreme example of what a working man can achieve.". 7. As the woman walked down the dusty street. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Complete Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fragment. 8. Call down the following people to the office after class-Sam Spade, Leslie Ledbetter, and Mary Marionette. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Change the dash to a hyphen. C) Change the dash to a colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change the dash to a colon. 9. Which would correct the short story title?I had to read "Jack in the Beanstalk" for homework. A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as is. 10. The children got (bored, board) during the lecture. A) Bored. B) Board. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bored. 11. Since, there were other obstacles. Rain squalls and clouds low over the water on the day of Markham's departure made several other flyers postpone their trips. A) NO CHANGE. B) There's were other obstacles. C) When it came to other obstacles, they were there. D) There were other obstacles, too. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There were other obstacles, too. 12. Use quotation marks before and after a direct quotation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The semi-colon (;) goes ..... quotation marks. A) Inside. B) Outside. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside. 14. Use when writing the numbers that come between twenty and one hundred A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Colon. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 15. Identify whether the following is a fragment, run-on, or correct:The term "introvert" does not necessarily mean a person is shy but indicates a person's need for some quiet time to reflect and recharge. A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 16. Identify the sentence with the correct verb tense. A) She has went to the store. B) She has gone to the store. C) She have gone to the store. D) She has go to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has gone to the store. 17. Is this semi colon used correctly?Charlemagne was well-educated; he even learned to read and write. A) No, doesn't work. B) Yes; separates 2 sentences. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes; separates 2 sentences. 18. The fuel gauge provided a reading only for the standard tank. Not any of the auxiliary fuel tanks. A) NO CHANGE. B) Tank; not any of the. C) Tank, so not any of the. D) Tank, not any of the. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tank, not any of the. 19. Which type of sentence gives a command or makes a request? A) Imperative. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 20. The monster is chasing me ..... A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 21. There are so many things to do in London ..... the theatre, the shopping, the sights and the parks. A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Dash. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 22. Is the following sentence CORRECT or INCORRECT (focusing on punctuation)? The pre-civil war era is discussed in the textbook on pages 5-9. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 23. Which type of sentence contains 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause? A) Compound sentence. B) Compound-complex sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Life sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound-complex sentence. 24. I did not know that newborn giraffes were so big, that one is taller than I am! A) Fragment. B) Run-on. C) Complete Sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-on. 25. Which comma rule is used in the following sentence?Wind power is cheaper, cleaner, and renewable. A) #4-Interrupter. B) #2-Separating Adjectives. C) #1-Items in a Series. D) #3-Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) #1-Items in a Series. ← 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