This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? If you're going over to their house, make sure you ride your new bike over there; they're going to love it! A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 2. Determine if the semicolon is used correctly in this sentence: "I need to buy groceries; however, the store is closed today." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 3. What word needs to be capitalized?I have a dog named daisy. A) Have. B) Dog. C) Named. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daisy. 4. A complete sentence?Or a fragment?Only on a Sunday! A) Complete. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 5. It is the time and place that the story happens. A) Events. B) Problem. C) Solution. D) Characters. E) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Setting. 6. A ..... is used before a list of items, a longer quote/statement, or in time. A) Comma. B) Dash. C) Colon. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colon. 7. Which letter should be capitalized?"Brian picked me up in his car, an old volkswagen, and then we drove to the beach." A) Me. B) Car. C) Volkswagen. D) Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volkswagen. 8. True or False:The main idea can sometimes be found at the beginning of a passage or in the title. A) True. B) False. C) Negative. D) Math. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What punctuation mark represents a question mark? A) ?. B) :. C) !. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ?. 10. Determine which sentence shows the correct usage of the comma. A) Please pick up the glue, scissors, and construction paper. B) The names of my pets are, Max, Goldie, and Emily. C) I looked everywhere for my keys, including the trash and under the couch and in the kitchen. D) My father Jim and my mother Martha enjoy camping dancing and jogging together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Please pick up the glue, scissors, and construction paper. 11. We asked Ben the Boy Scout director to suggest a campsite. A) We asked Ben, the Boy Scout director, to suggest a campsite. B) We asked Ben, the Boy Scout, director to suggest a campsite. C) We asked, Ben the Boy Scout, director to suggest a campsite. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We asked Ben, the Boy Scout director, to suggest a campsite. 12. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #6 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 13. Which is correct?a) The patients eye's havent opened since the surgery.b) The patient's eyes haven't opened since the surgery. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. Use a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What is the correct contraction for the wordsDo not A) Didn't. B) Don't. C) Done't. D) Dont. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't. 16. What is missing in this sentence?Mrs. Kenow asked, What is most important to Mrs. Kenow? A) Quotation marks '' ''. B) Comma,. C) Period . D) Exclamation point !. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks '' ''. 17. Dashes are considered ..... formal than parentheses A) Kinda. B) Less. C) More. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 18. Apostrophes are used to indicate ..... A) Long quotations. B) Lists. C) Appositives. D) Possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possession. 19. Use to separate lines in a poem when writing about poetry A) Slash. B) Ellipses. C) Quotation Marks. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slash. 20. Question mark is ..... A) !. B) . C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 21. Identify ALL the NOUNS in this sentence:The water in the bathtub was very hot. A) Water, bathtub, hot. B) Water. C) Water, bathtub. D) Bathtub. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water, bathtub. 22. What's wrong with this sentence?'I like to swim and eat and play and run.' A) Nothing. B) It needs a lower case letter. C) It needs a capital letter. D) There are too many 'ands' and there are no commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are too many 'ands' and there are no commas. 23. Is this punctuation right or wrong?I like to play? A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 24. Where does the colon best fit in the following sentence:Notice this building is closed until September 15. A) Building:. B) Notice:. C) Closed:. D) Until:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notice:. 25. What word(s) needs a capital in this sentence?My mom and i are going shopping after school. A) Mom. B) I. C) Mom, i. D) Mom, i, school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. ← 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