Brackets Quiz – How to Train Your Dragon Edition

What are brackets used for in a sentence?

• To show shouting

• To add extra or clarifying information

• To replace names

• To signal a dragon's roar

Which sentence uses brackets correctly?

• Hiccup (the quietest boy in the class saved the day.)

• Hiccup (the quietest boy in the class) saved the day.

• Hiccup who (was the quietest) boy in the class saved the day.

• Hiccup (was the quietest) boy in the class saved the day.

What should go inside brackets?

• The dragon’s name

• Extra or non-essential information

• Fire-breathing sounds

• A new paragraph

Which sentence does not use brackets correctly?

• Fishlegs (who is terrified of dragons) hides behind a rock.

• Toothless (a very small dragon) is difficult to train.

• Stoick the Vast (Hiccup’s father is a Viking chief.)

• The boys (all wearing helmets) crept through the cave.

What is the purpose of square brackets [like these] in writing?

• To show dragon language

• To show shouting

• To add your own words inside a quotation

• To correct someone’s spelling

Which sentence correctly uses square brackets in a quotation?

• “He [Toothless] wouldn’t listen to anything I said,” muttered Hiccup.

• “He (Toothless) wouldn’t listen to anything I said,” muttered Hiccup.

• “He, Toothless, wouldn’t listen to anything I said,” muttered Hiccup.

• “He Toothless wouldn’t listen to anything I said,” muttered Hiccup.

What do the brackets show in this sentence? “The dragons (except for the Gronckle) flew away.”

• A sound effect

• A mistake

• A spelling correction

• An extra detail

Choose the correct version with commas instead of brackets: Sentence: “Gobber (who was missing a tooth) shouted at the boys.”

• Gobber who was missing a tooth shouted at the boys.

• Gobber who was missing a tooth, shouted at the boys.

• Gobber, who was missing a tooth, shouted at the boys.

• Gobber, who was missing a tooth shouted at the boys.

Where should the full stop go in this sentence? “Toothless likes fish (but only the squishy kind”

• Before the bracket: Toothless likes fish. (but only the squishy kind)

• After the bracket: Toothless likes fish (but only the squishy kind.)

• Inside the bracket: Toothless likes fish (but only the squishy kind).

• In both places

Which of these titles uses brackets correctly?

• How to Train (Your Dragon)

• How to Train (Your Dragon

• How to Train [Your Dragon]

• How to Train Your (Dragon).