This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The weather is ..... go outside A) Beautiful; let's. B) Beautiful. let's. C) Beautiful, let's. D) Beautiful lets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful; let's. 2. EXERCISE 2:Semicolons and ColonsAdd semicolons and colons where needed.Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates however, fireflies use light. A) Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates; however, fireflies use light. B) Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates:however, fireflies use light. C) Other insects use their sense; of smell to find mates however, fireflies use:light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Other insects use their sense of smell to find mates; however, fireflies use light. 3. Easterlys offered to coach the team this year; however the competition for the job is fierce. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly punctuated. 4. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause before introducing a quote? A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Comma. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 5. The football game is on monday, july 2nd. A) The football Game is on monday, july 2nd. B) The football game is on Monday, July 2nd. C) The Football game is on Monday, July 2nd. D) The Football Game Is on Monday, July 2nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The football game is on Monday, July 2nd. 6. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.George will be visiting Canada Africa Austria and Brazil. A) George will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria, and Brazil. B) George, will be visiting Canada, Africa Austria, and Brazil. C) George will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria and Brazil. D) George, will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria, and Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George will be visiting Canada, Africa, Austria, and Brazil. 7. When I get home from school, I am going to do my homework right away. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 8. PUNCTUATION ASSESSMENT #2 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 9. What are the parentheses doing in this sentence?The vampire (who had, moments ago, turned into a bat) was distressed to overhear what the other monsters thought of him. A) Providing extra explanation. B) Showing interruption dialogue. C) Used as a reference. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Providing extra explanation. 10. Farmer Brown ran to the fire A) . B) ?. C) !. D) '' ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 11. Where in the sentence should the colon be?You will need the following sunscreen, swimming gear, a packed lunch, and common sense A) Before 'sunscreen'. B) After 'sunscreen'. C) Before 'following'. D) After 'following'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After 'following'. 12. This is my favorite (pare, pair, pear) of jeans. A) Pare. B) Pair. C) Pear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pair. 13. After Frank won the match, he congratulated his opponent. A) NO CHANGE. B) After Frank won the match, he congratulated, his opponent. C) After, Frank won the match he congratulated his opponent. D) After Frank won the match he congratulated his opponent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 14. Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement? A) The team are winning the game. B) The team is winning the game. C) The teams is winning the game. D) The team were winning the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team is winning the game. 15. Which ends an interrogative sentence? A) Question mark. B) Exclamation point. C) Period. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question mark. 16. Correct the error in capitalization:Lake lanier is the closest body of water to Buford, GA. A) GA should be lowercase. B) Lanier should be capitalized. C) Lake should be lowercase. D) No mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lanier should be capitalized. 17. We have to write reports for gym class on one of the following athletes:Jesse Owens, Sonja Henie, Jim Brown, Althea Gibson, or Babe Didrikson Zaharias. A) All of the punctuation is correct. B) Change the colon to a semicolon. C) Change the colon to a dash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the punctuation is correct. 18. Choose the best punctuation to end the sentence:Are you sure we are going the right way A) !. B) . C) ?. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ?. 19. What is it when you incorrectly join two sentences by placing a comma in between them? A) Fragment. B) Semicolon. C) Comma Splice. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma Splice. 20. Use an apostrophe and an-s to form the possessive of a singular noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. True or False:Brackets are used to add a direct quote and/or to add to parentheses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. She had a thought ..... should she make slime, a stress ball, or a bath bomb? A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 23. Use to indicate the titles of paintings, sculptures, ships, and planes A) Italics. B) Quotation Marks. C) Hyphens. D) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 24. The senator presented as evidence the anti-American pamphlets distributed by the terrorist group. A) All punctuation is correct. B) Remove the hyphen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All punctuation is correct. 25. Gold nuggets form over time through repeated seismic events. The largest nuggets ..... orogenic gold deposits can weigh up to 130 pounds, typically forming between tectonic plates that have collided to create mountain ranges. A) In. B) In,. C) In . D) In:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. ← 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