Quotation Mark Quizzes & Trivia

Check out our online quotation mark quizzes to test your knowledge, see if you can identify quotation marks' correct usage, and fix errors.

Quotation marks or inverted commas often called as quote marks or speech marks are punctuation marks that are used in a phrase or quotation. You have to identify and correctly punctuate sentences using quotation marks. This...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 35788 | Last updated: Nov 17, 2020

Sample Question
Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.

"What if," my father worried, "I can't find the car keys?"

What if my father worred, "I can't find the car keys?"

"What if," my father worried "I can't find the car keys."

Quotation Marks And Italics

5 question about quotation marks and italics

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 2140 | Last updated: Oct 27, 2020

Sample Question
What is an example of quotation marks being used correctly?

"Good morning, Bob," greeted Jim.

"Good mroning, Bob, greeted Frank"

Good morning, Bob, "Greeted Frank."

Correctly Edit Using Quotation Marks

Correctly edit sentences with speaker's tags at the beginning, middle, and end of sentences.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 952 | Last updated: Nov 2, 2017

Sample Question
Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.

"What activities have been planned," Emily inquired.

"What activities have been planed" Emily inquired.

"What activities have been planned?" Emily inquired.

Quotation Marks Pre Assessment

TLI Questions

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 687 | Last updated: Oct 27, 2020

Sample Question
In which sentence below are quotation marks used correctly?

“Going to the moon and taking samples of all the dirt, rocks and minerals was the greatest adventure of my life,” declared Alan Armstrong.

“Going to the moon and taking samples of all the dirt,” rocks and minerals was the greatest adventure of my life, declared Alan Armstrong.

Going to the moon and taking samples of all the dirt, “rocks and minerals was the greatest adventure of my life,” declared Alan Armstrong.

“Going to the moon and taking samples of all the dirt, rocks and minerals was the greatest adventure of my life, declared Alan Armstrong.”

Punctuation With Quotation Marks

This quiz will test your knowledge of when and where to put punctuation when using quotation marks. (English rules are used throughout)

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 83 | Last updated: Sep 19, 2014

Sample Question
This sentence has no grammar errors; true or false? My father always said, "Be careful what you wish for."

True

False

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Section M: Other uses of Quotation Marks (quiz)

Add quotation marks where necessary, being careful about where you place them. Some sentences may not need any quotation marks.

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 134 | Last updated: Dec 13, 2012

Sample Question
The book begins with this line, It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

The book begins with this line, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”

Do You Know About Using Quotation Marks?

do you know about using quotation marks?

How much do you know about using quotation marks? Take this quiz and find out.

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 123 | Last updated: Dec 7, 2017

Sample Question
In which sentence is the punctuation correct?

"Your keys are in the house." Jason said.

Your keys are in the house Jason said.

"Your keys are in the house", Jason said.

"Your keys are in the house," Jason said

Do You Know Uses Of Quotation Marks Quiz?

do you know uses of Quotation marks quiz?

A tiny quiz

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 106 | Last updated: Dec 7, 2017

Sample Question
Do you know Billy Collins's poem On Turning Ten she asked.

"Do you know Billy Collins's poem 'On Turning Ten,'" she asked.

"Do you know Billy Collins's poem On Turning Ten,"she asked.

"Do you know Billy Collins's poem On Turning Ten " she asked.

Using Quotation Marks Quiz #2

Using Quotation Marks. Select the letter of the choice that correctly punctuates the sentence.

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 94 | Last updated: Aug 2, 2018

Sample Question
Science fiction writer Ursula Le Guinn writes: ʺI was raised as irreligious as a jack rabbit, and probably this is one reason Mark Twain made so much sense to me.ʺ

Writes ʺI

Writes, ʺI

Meʺ

(already correct)

Section M: Other Uses Of Quotation Marks (Practice)

Section M: Other uses of Quotation Marks (practice)

Add quotation marks where necessary, being careful about where you place them (refer to Section G, Rule 16). Some sentences may not need any quotation marks.

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 56 | Last updated: Dec 13, 2012

Sample Question
Can I have another cookie, Mom? Callie asked.

“Can I have another cookie, Mom?” Callie asked.

Practice Punctuation With Quotation Marks

Practice Punctuation with Quotation Marks

This quiz is designed so that you can practice the use of different punctuation with quotation marks.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 46 | Last updated: Feb 5, 2015

Sample Question
Does the following sentence use correct punctuation with quotations?Jim said, "I was the one who filled out the damage report."

Yes

No