Capitals and Punctuation Quiz

The mark is used to separate a list of similar words or phrases.

• comma

• a full stop

• brackets

• exclamation mark

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

This mark is used to show excitement or emphasis.

• ellipsis

• hyphen

• brackets

• exclamation mark

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

This punctuation mark is used in: I'm or He's

• comma

• a full stop

• quotation mark

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

Which is incorrect? Look at the commas.

• Ken likes cars horses playing basketball and fishing.

• For dinner I had soup, fish, chicken, dessert and coffee.

• They travelled through Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

• China, one of the most powerful nations on Earth, has a huge population.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which is incorrect? Look at the capital letters

• I live in Peru and it's a fantastic country.

• Luca is french but he speaks spanish too.

• Fatima walks to school everyday.

• James is the consultant at Leeds City Hospital.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What goes at the end of this sentence?

WOW! How old are you ___

• !

• .

• ?

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence has the correct punctuation?

• My mom needs to get apple grape and peach jelly at the store.
• Samanthas shirt is bright green.
• I cleaned my room, walked the dog, and washed the dishes.
• Timmy said, throw the ball to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which word in this sentence needs a capital letter?
Have you ever visited the Okefenokee swamp?

• you
• visited
• swamp
• ever

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which word in the sentence needs a capital letter?
Amanda and i look much different with our new hairstyles.

• hairstyles
• look
• different
• i

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of these needs to be capitalized?

• texas
• lobster
• television
• starship

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A