9th Grade Punctuation & Sentence Boundaries Quizzes, Questions & Answers

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Grammar and Punctuation! Hardest Questions! Trivia Quiz

Practice makes perfect and we have the hardest questions trivia quiz questions on grammar and punctuation below. If you have had a difficult time when it comes to using the various punctuation mark this quiz is for you, how about...

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 1762 | Last updated: Sep 1, 2025

Sample Question 1
Which one of the given statements is the most grammatically correct option:

I have, recently, added Isoclor b.i.d.

I have recently added Isoclor b.i.d.

I have, recently added Isoclor b i d

I have recently, added Isoclor bid.

Sample Question 2
Which is the most grammatically correct option : He was ___________________ Coumadin 5 mg b.i.d.

Provided

Protruded

Prescribed

Given

Exercise 11: Comma Splices

The sentences comprise sections 2-6 of Plutarch’s Life of Themistocles (Loeb translation by R. Waterfield, Harvard University Press 1998, slightly altered to create the comma splices).

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 242 | Last updated: Aug 21, 2025

Sample Question 1
Does this sentence contain a comma splice?It is generally agreed that even as a child Themistocles was full of restless energy, and combined natural intelligence with an inclination towards involvement in activities and public life.

No: it is correct as it is.

Yes

Sample Question 2
Does this sentence contain a comma splice?For instance, in his spare time, when he was not busy with lessons, he tended not to play games or lounge around as most other boys did, but could be found rehearsing or composing speeches to himself--speeches designed to prosecute or defend one of the other children.

No: it is correct as it is.

Yes: the comma after "lessons"

Yes: the comma after "did"

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Exercise 9: Parenthetical Commas

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 253 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
As soon as Themistocles had taken up the command, which he had been given, he set about getting his fellow citizens to board their triremes.

Delete comma after "command"

Delete comma after "given"

Correct as is

Delete both commas

English Chapter 11, Lesson 5 Quiz

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 208 | Last updated: Mar 16, 2025

Sample Question
A semicolon:

Separates elements in a sentence

It is stronger than a comma, but is not as strong as a period.

Set off words or parts of words

Both A and B

Punctuation Quiz For Grade 8

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 21237 | Last updated: Jul 22, 2025

Sample Question
Which description best suits the full-stop?

A dot at the end of a sentence indicating that the sentence is complete.

A dot at the end of a sentence which leads to the next sentence.

A squiggle in a sentence indicating when the sentence should finish.

A dot in a sentence.

Quiz 2: Grammar (Commas and Semicolons)

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1329 | Last updated: Feb 22, 2025

Sample Question
Choose the appropriately edited version of this sentence: "Often I don't know what to write about however I always come up with something."

Often I don't know what to write about, however; I always come up with something.

Often I don't know what to write about, however, I always come up with something.

Often I don't know what to write about; however, I always come up with something.

The sentence is correct as it is written

Uses Of The Semicolon Quiz

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 1534 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Semicolons are most often used to connect ________.

Sentence fragments and dependent clauses

An independent clause and a dependent clause

Two independent clauses

Semicolon, Colon and A Dash

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 4576 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Direction: True of False When joining two independent sentences with a semicolon you need a joining word like however.

True

False

World Literature First Semester Final Part 1

Questions: 36 | Attempts: 428 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Which of the following sentences uses a period correctly?

A) Working on his homework all afternoon. a) Working on his homework all afternoon. Working on his homework all afternoon.

The dog would have to be put outside while the house was fumigated.

Correct Use Of Commas In Sentences

Questions: 24 | Attempts: 4121 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2025

Sample Question
Which sentence correctly uses commas?

Will you come over here, John so I can hear you better?

Will you come over here John, so I can hear you better?

Will you come over here, John, so I can hear you better?

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