Rules Of Punctuation
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This quiz tests students knowledge about basic punctuation marks. Students will identify uses of 9 punctuation marks.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence?
- A.
Comma
- B.
Apostophe
- C.
Period
- D.
Semicolon
- 2.What punctuation mark shows strong emotion?
- A.
Question mark
- B.
Exclamation mark
- C.
Period
- D.
Colon
- 3.What mark is used at the end of a question?
- A.
Parenthesis
- B.
Colon
- C.
Apostophe
- D.
Question mark
- 4.What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a series?
- A.
Comma
- B.
Quotation marks
- C.
Parenthesis
- D.
Period
- 5.This mark is used for plural and possessive nouns.
- A.
Semicolon
- B.
Colon
- C.
Comma
- D.
Apostophe
- 6.Quotation marks are used
- A.
Before or after direct quotes
- B.
For short titles
- C.
Around words used in a special way
- D.
All of the above
- 7.A ____________________ is used between hours and minutes and to introduce a series following a complete sentence.
- A.
Comma
- B.
Colon
- C.
Parenthesis
- D.
Period
- 8.Which punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses?
- A.
Semicolon
- B.
Period
- C.
Apostophe
- D.
Comma
- 9.___________________are used to enclose words that clarify.
- A.
Commas
- B.
Periods
- C.
Colons
- D.
Parenthesis
- 10.A ___________ is used to separate dollars and cents.
- A.
Comma
- B.
Period
- C.
Colon
- D.
Semicolon
- 11.What punctuation mark is used after an initial?
- A.
Quotation mark
- B.
Comma
- C.
Period
- D.
Colon
- 12.This punctuation mark is used to separate city and state in an address.
- A.
Period
- B.
Semicolon
- C.
Parenthesis
- D.
Comma
- 13.This mark is used to show the omission of a letter.Example: does not = doesn't (the letter O is omitted in doesn't)
- A.
Colon
- B.
Semicolon
- C.
Comma
- D.
Apostrophe
- 14.What mark tells the reader to pause?
- A.
Comma
- B.
Period
- C.
Parenthesis
- D.
Colon
- 15.Which mark is used in math as a decimal point?
- A.
Colon
- B.
Semicolon
- C.
Period
- D.
Comma
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