This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Paintings should be written with ..... A) Italics. B) Quotations. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 2. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.Where there are hollow trees honeybees make their hives. A) Where there are hollow trees honeybees make, their hives. B) Where there are hollow trees, honeybees make their hives. C) Where there are hollow trees honeybees, make their hives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where there are hollow trees, honeybees make their hives. 3. "I was born to make mistakes; not to fake perfection" -Drake A) Yes, this sentence is punctuated correctly. B) No, it is NOT punctuated correctly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, it is NOT punctuated correctly. 4. I love healthy:foods nuts, fruits, and vegetables.Is the colon in the correct place? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 5. My little brother wanted to come with me to the party but I wouldn't pick him up. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 6. Check punctuation!Semore finished reading "Pain in the Night, " the last chapter of the book Vampires with Cavities and Gum Disease. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 7. Identify whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly:We visited the following locations; Lexington, my mother's hometown; Nashville, my father's hometown; and Cincinnati, my grandmother's hometown. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 8. Before the cold weather arrives, we need to cover the plants and we need to clean out the bird houses. A) Correct. B) Incorrect-needs a comma before "and". C) Incorrect-needs a comma after "and". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect-needs a comma before "and". 9. What is missing from the following sentence? Yvette said that she wanted to go to Leadership Club. A) Comma. B) Quotation marks. C) Parentheses. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nothing. 10. Right or wrong:I ate all of the jellybeans'. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 11. What is the role of a semicolon in a compound sentence? A) To separate items in a list. B) To join two independent clauses. C) To introduce a list. D) To end a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To join two independent clauses. 12. At the time I established myself in Pennsylvania there was not a good booksellers shop in any of the colonies to the southward of Boston. I A) NO CHANGE. B) Pennsylvania; there. C) Pennsylvania:there. D) Pennsylvania, there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pennsylvania, there. 13. Barack Obama was born in Honolulu ..... Hawaii. A) . B) ,. C) :. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ,. 14. I studied for this test for six hours yet I still missed three questions.Which of the following fixes the grammar problem? A) There isn't a problem. B) Test,. C) Hours,. D) Yet,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hours,. 15. Bring your books with you the novel, the play, and the autobiography. A) NO CHANGE. B) Bring your books with you:the novel the play and the autobiography. C) Bring your books with you:the novel, the play, and the autobiography. D) Bring your books with you the novel, the play, and, the autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bring your books with you:the novel, the play, and the autobiography. 16. Identify the correct spelling in the sentence below. My ..... flavor ice cream is chocolate A) Favorit. B) Favorite. C) Faverit. D) Faverite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Favorite. 17. Which comma rule is used in the following sentence? Madison was born on April 26, 2002. A) #1-Items in a Series. B) #4-Interrupter. C) #5-Introductory Elements. D) #6-Conventional Situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) #6-Conventional Situation. 18. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #11 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 19. My favorite color is blue. A) My favorite color is blue. B) My Favorite Color is Blue. C) My favorite Color is blue. D) My favorite color Is Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite color is blue. 20. Jimmy much to his chagrin never mastered flying the helicopter. A) NO CHANGE. B) Jimmy, much to his chagrin never mastered. C) Jimmy much to his chagrin, never mastered. D) Jimmy, much to his chagrin, never mastered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jimmy, much to his chagrin, never mastered. 21. Please bring the following items ..... a hat, sunscreen, a bathing suit, and a towel. A) ;. B) !. C) :. D) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :. 22. What do you need to join simple sentences. Select best answer. A) A comma. B) A coordinating conjunction. C) A semicolon and an conjunctive adverb. D) Comma and coordinating conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma and coordinating conjunction. 23. What type of clause does this sentence contain?The Pride of Durant, which is our school's marching band, will perform at the halftime show. A) Essential clause. B) Nonessential clause. C) Adverb clause. D) Noun clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonessential clause. 24. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.Some of the common stages of their development include egg larva and pupa. A) Some of the common stages of their development include egg, larva, and pupa. B) Some of the common stages of their development include egg, larva and pupa. C) Some of the common stages of their development include, egg, larva, and pupa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some of the common stages of their development include egg, larva, and pupa. 25. Check capitalization!Matilda became ill in English, and later she threw up while dissecting a toad in biology. Unfortunately, she'll miss the talent show where she intended to sing a medley of Beatles tunes in German and Latin. A) Incorrect:capitalize biology. B) Incorrect:lowercase German and Latin. C) Incorrect:capitalize talent show. D) Correct. 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