This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act English Punctuation – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act English Punctuation Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow. A) The following are the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow. B) The following are the primary colors:red, blue, and yellow. C) The following are the primary colors. Red, blue, and yellow. D) The following are the primary colors; red, blue, and yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The following are the primary colors:red, blue, and yellow. 2. Then I told them the spot, where unless it was raining I would meet them. A) NO CHANGE. B) Spot where unless it was raining, I. C) Spot, where unless it was raining, I. D) Spot where unless it was raining I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spot where unless it was raining I. 3. We cleaned out the dusty, rickety, straw-filled barn, in order to hold a dance. A) NO CHANGE. B) Dusty rickety straw-filled barn, in. C) Dusty, rickety, straw-filled barn in. D) Dusty, rickety, straw-filled, barn in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dusty, rickety, straw-filled barn in. 4. I never dreamed it would turn out:like this, all my plans have come to nothing. A) NO CHANGE. B) Out like this, all my plans,. C) Out like this; all my plans. D) Out like this all my plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out like this; all my plans. 5. Much great American literature was produced, in the 1920s, a time known as the Jazz Age. A) NO CHANGE. B) Produced in the 1920s, a. C) Produced in the 1920s, and a. D) Produced in the 1920s; a. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Produced in the 1920s, a. 6. Which statement about names and titles is correct? A) Both should be offset with commas. B) Neither should be offset with commas. C) Names are essential and shouldn't be offset, while titles can be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both should be offset with commas. 7. What needs to be omitted from the following sentence?The car, that hit the wall was going to fast. A) ,. B) . C) To. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ,. 8. It was clear to everyone at the party:that she was not interested in him at all. A) NO CHANGE. B) Party; that she. C) Party that, she. D) Party that she. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Party that she. 9. The sentence "My favorite colors:blue, red, and green" is incorrect because: A) It needs more punctuation. B) The list items aren't properly separated. C) What comes before the colon isn't a complete thought. D) It shouldn't use the Oxford comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What comes before the colon isn't a complete thought. 10. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence? A) Comma. B) Period. C) Exclamation mark. D) Question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 11. What separates words in a list? Also, separates coordinative conjunctions, pharses, and clauses. A) Period. B) Semicolon. C) Comma. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 12. Select the appropriate punctuation for the sentence:'He was excited about the trip ..... he had never been to Europe before.' A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) No punctuation needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ;. 13. What needs to be omitted from the following sentence? Wise men, don't need advice; fools, don't take it.-B. Franklin A) The semicolon. B) The period after B. C) The period at the end of the sentence. D) The commas after men and fools. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The commas after men and fools. 14. Every year on the Feast of San Gennaro, the parade goes right by my window. A) NO CHANGE. B) Gennaro, and the. C) Gennaro; the. D) Gennaro. The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 15. It's really too bad, that company discontinued my favorite brand of shampoo. A) NO CHANGE. B) Bad, which. C) Bad which. D) Bad:that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad:that. 16. Pick the corrected sentence to the one below:i wonder if there is a test in class today***pay close attention to the punctuation and tone of the question*** A) I wonder if there is a test in class today. B) I wonder if there is a test, in class today?. C) I wonder if there is a test in class today?. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I wonder if there is a test in class today?. 17. Every student must bring its own calculator to the exam. A) NO CHANGE. B) The student's. C) His or her. D) One's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His or her. 18. The team had suffered many defeats yet they still maintained faith in an eventual victory. A) NO CHANGE. B) Defeats; yet,. C) Defeats, yet. D) Defeats, yet,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defeats, yet. 19. Usage/Mechanics questions deal with what kind of errors? A) Capitalization. B) Punctuation. C) Sentence structure. D) Subject-verb agreement. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 20. Comic-Con International, a celebration of sci-fi, superheroes, and all things nerdy, has been held in San Diego every summer since 1970. A) NO CHANGE. B) International, a celebration, of. C) International is a celebration of. D) International is a celebration, of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 21. Albert brought a bunch of fireworks, but there was one thing he forgot, a lighter. A) NO CHANGE. B) Thing, he forgot a. C) Thing:he forgot, a. D) Thing he forgot . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thing he forgot . 22. What should be OMITTED in the following sentence?Italy; I go there for the food and friendly:people. A) :. B) ;. C) . D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 23. Pick the corrected sentence from the one below:This is Susans dog you can see her name on the collar. A) This is Susan's dog you can see her name on the collar. B) This is Susans dog; you can see her name on the collar. C) This is Susan's dog; you can see her name on the collar. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This is Susan's dog; you can see her name on the collar. 24. Identify the correct punctuation to complete the sentence:'She wanted to buy the dress ..... it was too expensive.' A) ;. B) :. C) ,. D) No punctuation needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ;. 25. What should be omitted in the following sentence?The moon robot gathered the following:moon rocks, moon dirt, and pictures of the terrain. A) :. B) ,. C) . D) No change. 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