This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? Its almost time for vacation, but I haven't packed yet. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 2. Han Solo is also one of Luke's companions; however, the two do not start off on the right foot. A) NO CHANGE. B) Companions; however, the two. C) Companions, however being them two. D) Companions:However, the two of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Companions; however, the two. 3. I spoke to my employer about a raise. A) Phrase. B) Dependent Clause. C) Independent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Clause. 4. Which is the least murderous? A) Let's cut and paste, kids!. B) Let's cut, and paste kids!. C) Let's cut and paste kids!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Let's cut and paste, kids!. 5. What is the best way to punctuate the following sentence using PARENTHESES and/or rules applying to PARENTHESES. A) Several of J.K. Rowling's books are considered classics of British Literature (Harry Potter [1997].). B) Several of J.K. Rowling's books are considered classics of British Literature (Harry Potter (1997)). C) Several of J.K. Rowling's books are considered classics of British Literature (Harry Potter [1997]). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Several of J.K. Rowling's books are considered classics of British Literature (Harry Potter [1997]). 6. Buy your own pens! You cannot borrow ours. A) Ours does not need an apostrophe. B) Ours should have an apostrophe between the r and s:our's. C) Ours should have an apostrophe after the s:ours'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ours does not need an apostrophe. 7. Read the sentence:Happily the children exited the classroom.How can we fix the punctuation? A) Insert a comma after Happily. B) Insert a comma after children. C) Insert a comma after exited. D) Insert a comma after the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insert a comma after Happily. 8. TRUE/FALSE?:Mrs. Estrada is going to grade my use of transitions harshly. I need to use them regularly and correctly in my writing! A) True, obviously. B) False (don't pick this one!). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True, obviously. 9. I am used to show possession and omission. Who am I? A) Hyphen. B) Ellipsis. C) Apostrophe. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 10. When using a semicolon you should A) Use as many semicolons as possible. B) Use them with conjunctive adverbs. C) Connect two dependent clauses. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use them with conjunctive adverbs. 11. What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate? "With the factory ..... the town's economy declined rapidly." A) Passage of time. B) An unfinished thought. C) Omitted text from a quotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omitted text from a quotation. 12. If you need something, call my assistant ..... Catherine, not Margaret ..... and she'll help you. A) Comma. B) Dash. C) Parentheses. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parentheses. 13. Which is NOT an acceptable way to fix the following sentence:Timothy has been late to school everyday, however he has yet to serve a detention after school. A) Everyday. However. B) Everyday; however,. C) Everyday. However,. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyday. However. 14. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:The statue was carved in 2000 b.c. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. No the boy's bicycle was broken, so he took his sister's. A) NO CHANGE. B) No, the boy's bicycle was broken, so he took his sister's. C) No the boy's bicycle was broken so he took his sister's. D) No, the boys bicycle was broken so he took his sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, the boy's bicycle was broken, so he took his sister's. 16. I don't know who did it ..... A) ,. B) . C) ;. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 17. Which would correct the Movie title?My favorite movie is inside out. A) Italics. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalization. 18. Quotations or italics? Woman at Point Zero (painting) A) Quotation marks. B) Italics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italics. 19. The ..... in a fiction story is how the problem is solved. A) Problem. B) Solution. C) Setting. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solution. 20. Which on shows more than one sister owns the robot? A) Those robots are my sister's. B) Those robots are my sisters. C) What robots?. D) Those robots are my sisters'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Those robots are my sisters'. 21. What is the . called? A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Comma. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period. 22. Where does the semicolon best fit in the following sentence:The soup was cold the salad was limp the chicken was burned. A) Cold; limp;. B) Limp;. C) Cold;. D) Chicken;. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold; limp;. 23. Use to indicate the titles of television programs A) Italics. B) Quotation Marks. C) Slashes. D) Colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 24. Agatha Christie the famous mystery writer died in 1976. A) Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer, died in 1976. B) Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer died in 1976. C) Agatha Christie the famous mystery writer, died in 1976. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer, died in 1976. 25. Chooses the CORRECT sentence. A) She liked rasperries strawberries and graps. B) She liked raspberries, strawberries, and grapes. C) She liked raspberries strawberries, and grapes. D) She liked raspberries strawberries and grapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She liked raspberries, strawberries, and grapes. ← 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