Punctuation Marks Challenge

Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

• ;

• .

• :

• ,

What punctuation mark is used at the end of a question?

• :

• ;

• !

• ?

• ,

Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause in a sentence?

• exclamation mark

• question mark

• semicolon

• comma

What punctuation mark is used to show excitement or emphasis?

• !

• ?

• @

• *

Which punctuation mark is used to separate independent clauses in a sentence?

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• semicolon

• comma

What punctuation mark is used to indicate possession?

• exclamation mark

• apostrophe

• comma

• semicolon

Which punctuation mark is used to enclose a quote within a sentence?

• comma

• quotation mark

• exclamation mark

• colon

What punctuation mark is used to indicate a range of numbers or dates?

• asterisk (*)

• exclamation mark (!)

• hyphen (-)

• ampersand (&)

Which punctuation mark is used to show a break in thought or to set off additional information?

• comma

• exclamation mark

• dash

• semicolon

What punctuation mark is used to indicate a contraction or missing letters in a word?

• exclamation mark

• comma

• apostrophe

• semicolon