The Punctuation Anomaly Quiz

True or False

A direct quotation is set off from the rest of the sentence by a question mark, a comma, or an exclamation point, but not by a period.

• True

• False

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• :"What a fantastic trip, that must have been!" Lyndon said.

• “What a fantastic trip that must have been!” Lyndon said.

• "What a fantastic trio that must have been?" Lyndon said.

• "What a fantastic trip that must have been Lyndon said."

True or False.

When the expression identifying the speaker interrupts a quoted sentence, the second part of the quotation begins with a capital letter.

• True

• False

Identify the error.

“Do you want to know a secret” Fran asked. “My friend Rudolph is a magician!”

• Question mark is missing after "secret."

• "My" should be lowercase.

• A comma should be inserted after "secret."

• No errors.

True or False

A period or a comma is always placed inside the closing quotation

• True

• False

Colon or Semicolon

I made a lot of friends from different

countries Yemen, Mexico, Pakistan.

• Colon

• Semicolon

Correct the sentence.

Andy was the one driving but the boys were all wrong for drinking.

• .

• ;

• ,

• ""

Correct the sentence.

Gerald is dealing with some heavy issues even though he seems to be alright.

• ,

• -

• ,

• None

Colons almost always follow which clause?

• Dependent

• Independent

• Subordinating

• Adverbial

A semicolon is not just a glorified period, but it can also be

• an ending punctuation mark.

• a super comma.

• a powerful statement.

• a sentence.