English Punctuation Quiz

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

• Period

• Comma

• Semicolon

• Exclamation mark

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

• semicolon

• comma

• exclamation mark

• question mark

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

• period

• comma

• semicolon

• exclamation mark

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

• semicolon

• exclamation mark

• comma

• question mark

Which punctuation mark is used to show possession?

• apostrophe

• exclamation mark

• comma

• semicolon

What punctuation mark is used to separate a title from a subtitle?

• semicolon

• exclamation mark

• ampersand

• colon (:)

Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a strong emotion or emphasis?

• *

• ?

• .

• (

• !

What punctuation mark is used to enclose additional information in a sentence?

• ampersands

• brackets

• parentheses

• exclamation marks

Which punctuation mark is used to indicate the end of a sentence?

• exclamation mark

• question mark

• comma

• period (.)

What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a series?

• comma

• question mark

• exclamation mark

• semicolon