This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuation – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuation Quiz 47 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The zookeeper announced, "The gorilla exhibit will open on Tuesday." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 2. Is this list punctuated correctly? "At the store, I need you to pick up cabbage, potatoes, eggs and ham." A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 3. Identify whether the following sentence is punctuated correctly or incorrectly:Mr. Poiroux stood on the stage and made the announcement: "Next year we will move to a four-day week, will have no school uniforms, and will be starting school at 9 AM." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 4. Fill in the blank:Sean usually prefers to work out in the morning ..... today she intends to go to the gym after her last appointment in evening. A) ?. B) ,. C) ;. D) :. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ;. 5. Furthermore the judges deliberated for an hour before announcing who made the cheerleading team. A) Change for to four. B) Insert a comma after Furthermore. C) Insert a dash after hour. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insert a comma after Furthermore. 6. The sentence below is punctuated correctly:The Binder's dog is friendly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Is the period used correctly in this sentence?The Terry Fox Run is this weekend. He was Canadian. A) No-there should be a comma where the period is. B) Yes-2 complete sentences with a period. C) No period needed at all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes-2 complete sentences with a period. 8. Which sentence uses a comma to seperate the day of the week, month, and year? A) I will be sixteen on Tuesday the 6th of, July 1582. B) Tomorrow will be Sunday, December 2. C) George Washington was born on February, 22 1732. D) September, 11 2001 is a date that will be remembered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tomorrow will be Sunday, December 2. 9. ..... shouldn't everyone have clean water? A) After-all,. B) After-all:. C) After-all;. D) After-all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After-all,. 10. What kind of ending punctuation does the following sentence need:Watch out for that car A) !. B) ?. C) ''. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 11. He always said, "The sky is falling!" A) It is correct. B) There should not be a space between the comma and the word. C) The ! should be after the quotation marks. D) The word "the" should not be capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There should not be a space between the comma and the word. 12. The tribe was left without food for weeks the members had no choice but to resort to cannibalism. A) NO CHANGE. B) Weeks, the. C) Weeks; the. D) Weeks the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weeks; the. 13. Which punctuation of this sentence is correct? A) The recipe for pancakes needs:flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. B) The recipe for pancakes needs, flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. C) The recipe for pancakes needs the following ingredients:flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The recipe for pancakes needs the following ingredients:flour, butter, baking powder, and eggs. 14. What punctuation mark do you use to correct the following words?cantdontwontyoure A) , (comma). B) . (period). C) ' (apostrophe). D) !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ' (apostrophe). 15. Music albums must be placed in quotation marks when they are cited in your writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. EXERCISE 1:CommasAdd commas where needed.The queen the drone and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. A) The queen, the drone and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. B) The queen, the drone, and the worker, make up the three castes in the honeybee community. C) The queen, the drone, and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The queen, the drone, and the worker make up the three castes in the honeybee community. 17. What is ! called? A) Exclamation point. B) Period. C) Question mark. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation point. 18. What is the role of a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence? A) To introduce a dependent clause. B) To connect two independent clauses. C) To end a sentence. D) To separate items in a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To connect two independent clauses. 19. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 1809. A) Abraham Lincoln, was born on February 12, 1809. B) Abraham Lincoln was born on, February 12 1809. C) Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. D) Abraham Lincoln was born on February, 12, 1809. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. 20. I want to buy a new jacket, but it is too expensive. A) I want to buy a new jacket and it is too expensive. B) I want to buy a new jacket, but, it is too expensive. C) No change. D) I want to buy a new jacket but it is too expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No change. 21. When we speak aloud ..... A) We don't use anything close to punctuation. B) We count on the other person to provide punctuation for us. C) We punctuate with body language and facial expression. D) Punctuation isn't necessary because the communication is all done by voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We punctuate with body language and facial expression. 22. ..... he did not feel like getting any work done today and got a bad grade. A) However. B) However;. C) However,. D) However:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However,. 23. Does this sentence need a comma?Harold was able to beat the Vikings in the north before he headed back to Hastings knowing that his biggest challenge against William was still to come. A) No, all good. B) Yes, after Hastings-phrase at the end of the sentence. C) Yes-after north. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, after Hastings-phrase at the end of the sentence. 24. Choose the sentence that uses comma rules correctly.When I went to Target the shoes were on sale. A) When, I went to Target, the shoes were on sale. B) When I went to Target, the shoes, were on sale. C) When I went to Target, the shoes were on sale. D) When, I went to Target the shoes were on sale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I went to Target, the shoes were on sale. 25. Use to indicate the titles of short stories A) Quotation Marks. B) Italics. C) Colon. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation Marks. ← 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