Punctuation MCQs 30 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/30 Subscribe 1. Which punctuation mark is used to end a declarative sentence? (A) Question Mark (?) (B) Full Stop (.) (C) Exclamation Mark (!) (D) Comma (,) 2. Which punctuation mark is used at the end of a question? (A) Question Mark (?) (B) Comma (,) (C) Period (.) (D) Colon (:) 3. Which punctuation mark is used to express strong emotion? (A) Semicolon (;) (B) Hyphen (-) (C) Colon (:) (D) Exclamation Mark (!) 4. Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list? (A) Colon (:) (B) Apostrophe (') (C) Comma (,) (D) Dash (—) 5. Which punctuation mark shows possession? (A) Comma (,) (B) Semicolon (;) (C) Colon (:) (D) Apostrophe (') 6. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (A) Where are you going. (B) Where are you going! (C) Where are you going? (D) Where are you going, 7. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) My favorite colors are red blue and green. (B) My favorite colors are red, blue, and green. (C) My favorite colors are red; blue; and green. (D) My favorite colors are: red blue and green. 8. Which punctuation mark introduces a list? (A) Colon (:) (B) Comma (,) (C) Period (.) (D) Apostrophe (') 9. Which punctuation mark is used to separate two closely related independent clauses? (A) Comma (,) (B) Semicolon (;) (C) Colon (:) (D) Apostrophe (') 10. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) Its raining today. (B) It's raining today. (C) Its' raining today. (D) Its raining today. 11. Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly? (A) She said, "I am happy." (B) She said, I am happy. (C) She said "I am happy". (D) She said; "I am happy". 12. Which punctuation mark is used after a greeting in a formal letter? (A) Colon (:) (B) Comma (,) (C) Period (.) (D) Question Mark (?) 13. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (A) Lets go to the park. (B) Lets' go to the park. (C) Let's go to the park. (D) Let,s go to the park. 14. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate omitted words? (A) Dash (—) (B) Hyphen (-) (C) Ellipsis (...) (D) Colon (:) 15. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) Wow; That was amazing! (B) Wow. That was amazing? (C) Wow, That was amazing. (D) Wow! That was amazing! 16. Which punctuation mark joins two words to form a compound word? (A) Dash (—) (B) Semicolon (;) (C) Colon (:) (D) Hyphen (-) 17. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) My brothers car is new. (B) My brother's car is new. (C) My brothers' car is new. (D) My brother,s car is new. 18. Which punctuation mark is used before an explanation or example? (A) Comma (,) (B) Question Mark (?) (C) Colon (:) (D) Apostrophe (') 19. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (A) I bought apples oranges bananas and grapes. (B) I bought apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes. (C) I bought apples; oranges; bananas; and grapes. (D) I bought: apples oranges bananas and grapes. 20. Which punctuation mark is used for direct speech? (A) Parentheses ( ) (B) Brackets [ ] (C) Quotation Marks (" ") (D) Apostrophe (') 21. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) Where are you? asked Ali. (B) "Where are you?" asked Ali. (C) "Where are you"? asked Ali. (D) "Where are you", asked Ali. 22. Which punctuation mark is used to separate introductory words from the rest of the sentence? (A) Dash (—) (B) Colon (:) (C) Semicolon (;) (D) Comma (,) 23. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) Yes I understand. (B) Yes, I understand. (C) Yes; I understand. (D) Yes: I understand. 24. Which punctuation mark is used to enclose additional information? (A) Apostrophe (') (B) Parentheses ( ) (C) Colon (:) (D) Question Mark (?) 25. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (A) The meeting is at 10;30 a.m. (B) The meeting is at 10.30 a.m (C) The meeting is at 10:30 a.m. (D) The meeting is at 10,30 a.m. 26. Which punctuation mark is used in abbreviations like U.S.A.? (A) Colon (:) (B) Period (.) (C) Semicolon (;) (D) Hyphen (-) 27. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) We visited Lahore Pakistan last year. (B) We visited Lahore, Pakistan, last year. (C) We visited Lahore: Pakistan last year. (D) We visited Lahore; Pakistan last year. 28. Which punctuation mark is commonly used to introduce a quotation? (A) Apostrophe (') (B) Comma (,) (C) Colon (:) (D) Dash (—) 29. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (A) Don,t forget your homework. (B) Dont forget your homework. (C) Don't forget your homework. (D) Dont' forget your homework. 30. Which punctuation mark is used at the end of an imperative sentence? (A) Semicolon (;) (B) Question Mark (?) (C) Colon (:) (D) Full Stop (.)
