Punctuation Quiz

Which of the following is correct?

• My pin number has two 5's. It's easy to remember.

• My pin number has two 5s. It's easy to remember.

Which of the following is correct?

• The weather this winter has been: windy, wet, and unpredictable.

• The weather this winter has been windy, wet, and unpredictable.

Which of the following is correct?

• Waiting for the storm to stop, I was anxiously looking out the window.

• Waiting for the storm to stop I was anxiously looking out the window.

• Waiting for the storm to stop. I was anxiously looking out the window.

Which of the following is correct?

• The table was set-knives, forks, candlesticks all were set up correctly.

• The table was set -- knives, forks, candlesticks -- all were set up correctly.

• The table was set: knives, forks, candlesticks all were set up correctly.

Semicolons and colons should always be placed outside the closing quotation marks.

• True

• False

Which of the following is correct?

• Harvey is a good driver, moreover, he is a very friendly one.

• Harvey is a good driver. Moreover he is a very friendly one.

• Harvey is a good driver; moreover, he is a very friendly one.

Use a semi-colon to separate two sentences if the second sentence begins with _____ .

• a question

• an introductory word or phrase

• an article

• a clause

When you are joining two sentences together with a semicolon, the ideas in both sentences should be _____.

• closely related

• interesting

• continuous

• complete

Which sentence correctly uses to, too, or two?

• Two many students have forgotten their textbooks.

• I would love some cake, too.

• I am going two the baseball game tomorrow.

• I have to dogs as pets.

Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

• Please get me, some eggs milk and some butter.

• Please get me some eggs, milk and some butter.

• Please get me some eggs milk, and some butter.

• Please get me some eggs milk and, some butter