Punctuation Quiz

What is the correct definition of Punctuation?

• Used in typographical devices to understand the reading of written texts.

• Used to understand sentences better and represent the mood of a sentence.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

This punctuation mark is used to separate main clauses.

• Apostrophe

• Colon

• Semi Colon

• Full stop

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

This punctuation mark is used to indicate a word or phrase after an independent clause

• Comma

• Dash

• Full Stop

• Question mark

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

This punctuation mark may be used to connect numbers for time.

• Colon

• Hyphen

• Full Stop

• Apostrophe

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Why is there an apostrophe in the word friend's in this sentence? My friend's teaching me to run at super speed.

• to show it is a plural word

• to show that the friend is good at running

• to show there is a letter missing

• because it is a noun

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

^{True or False?}

In British "( )" this punctuation mark is called 'Parentheses'?

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Everyone at the school, including the teachers and ______ were glad when summer break came.

• students:

• staff,

• staff;

• staff

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

In Robert Louis Stevenson’s ________________ he describes the autumn season.

• poem Autumn Fires,

• poem. “Autumn Fires,”

• poem, Autumn Fires

• poem, “Autumn Fires,”

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

I went to the park yesterday ______I almost got lost ______

• ; and !

• ; and .

• , and .

• : and !

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

David broke the glass____his foot is now bleeding.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A