Know Your Punctuation - Apostrophe And Ellipsis Quiz
The act of leaving out a word or words from a sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them. . . . . . . . An apostrophe is a small punctuation mark ( ' ) placed after a noun to show that the noun owns something. The apostrophe will always be placed either before or after an s at the end of the noun owner. Always the noun owner will be followed (usually immediately) by the thing it owns.
- 1.Keep the wing's / wings in line with the barrier.
- A.
Wings
- B.
Wing's
- 2.I gave it to the ____ mother.
- A.
Children's
- B.
Childrens'
- 3.My mother in laws' dress.
- A.
Mother-in-lawes
- B.
Mother-in-law's
- C.
Mother-in-laws
- 4.Everybodys opinion is necessary.
- A.
Everybody's
- B.
Everybodies
- C.
Everybodys
- 5.Jerry said its/it's his book.
- A.
Its
- B.
It's
- 6.An ellipsis is used as if it is a word.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.You should never use more than three dots for an ellipsis, no matter what it's being used for.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The following poem has had its second line correctly omitted: Well, now, . . . I shall stop loving you little by little.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Choose the correct sentence.
- A.
Hey . . . what are you doing?
- B.
Hey. . .what are you doing?
- C.
Hey...what are you doing?
- 10.Correctly omit the second line from this poem excerpt: She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright meets in her aspect and her eyes:
- A.
She walks in beauty like the night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And all that's best of dark and bright meets in her aspect and her eyes:
- B.
She walks in beauty like the night ................................... And all that's best of dark and bright meets in her aspect and her eyes:
- C.
She walks in beauty like the night And all that's best of dark and bright meets in her aspect and her eyes:
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