Punctuation Quiz

Match the following punctuation mark to its name.

• apostrophe

• !

• question mark

• ,

  (Example: Hi, Mike.)

• comma

• ?

• period

• '

  (Example:

  It's Brian's toy.)

• exclamation mark

• .

Match the following punctuation mark to its name.

• question mark

• ,

  (Example: Hi, Mike.)

• apostrophe

• .

• exclamation mark

• !

• comma

• '

  (Example:

  It's Brian's toy.)

• period

• ?

Match the following punctuation mark to its name.

• period

• ,

  (Example: Hi, Mike.)

• apostrophe

• '

  (Example:

  It's Brian's toy.)

• comma

• ?

• question mark

• !

• exclamation mark

• .

Match the following.

• --

• Semi-colon

• ;

• Dash

• :

• Colon

Match the following.

• Quotation marks

• " "

  Example: The girl said, "Come outside and play."

• Parentheses

• ( )

  Example: I want a large coffee (but put a lot of sugar in it).

• Ellipsis

• . . .

Which symbol is shown below:

Can't

• Comma

• Hypen

• Colon

• Apostrophe

Which symbol is NOT shown in the sentence below:

Amy said, "I do not want it."

• Period

• Question Mark

• Comma

• Quotation Mark

This mark can be used before a list or a quote, and is used between hours and minutes.

• colon
• ellipis
• exclamation point
• parentheses

If you want to turn two complete sentences into one sentence, you could replace the period with this mark.

This mark separates two independent clauses in a compound sentence.

• semicolon
• quotation mark
• period
• parentheses

The punctuation mark that means a pause is needed in a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large number.

• comma

• semicolon

• quotation mark

• apostrophe