7th Grade Grammar Test Punctuation

Quotations or italics? The New York Times (the name of a newspaper)

• quotation marks

• italics

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Quotations or italics? The Best of George Gershwin (album)

• quotations

• italics

Quotations or italics? Blue Skies (song title)

• quotation marks

• italics

Quotations or italics? The Last Leaf (short story)

• quotations marks

• italics

Quotations or italics? Mona Lisa (painting)

• quotation marks

• italics

Which punctuation mark do I use between independent clauses (related in meaning) with a conjunction in between? 

• Semicolon
• Colon
• Comma
• None of the Above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which punctuation mark do I used before a list of items? 

• Semicolon
• Colon
• Comma
• None of the Above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which punctuation mark do I use before a long, formal statement or quotation? 

• Semicolon
• Colon
• Comma
• None of the Above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which punctuation mark do I use between independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb?

• Semicolon
• Colon
• Comma
• None of the Above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which punctuation mark do I use between independent clauses joined by a transitional expression?

• Semicolon
• Colon
• Comma
• None of the Above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A