Punctuation Practice Quiz

What punctuation is needed after 'hiking' in the sentence 'While I enjoy hiking biking and swimming are also great'?

• A semicolon

• An exclamation mark

• A period

• A comma

How should the sentence 'He moved to New York that is a big change for him' be punctuated?

• Add a comma after 'York'

• Add a semicolon after 'York'

• Add a colon after 'York'

• Add a dash after 'York'

What punctuation is needed after 'start' in the sentence 'Before we start does anyone want to add anything'?

• An exclamation mark

• A semicolon

• A period

• A comma

In the sentence 'Please buy the following items sugar flour and strawberry jam', what punctuation is needed after 'items'?

• A period

• A comma

• A semicolon

• A colon

What punctuation should be used around 'Watch out for the car' in the sentence 'Watch out for the car my mother yelled'?

• Apostrophes

• Quotation marks

• Brackets

• Parentheses

In the sentence 'Dad can we go to John's house to play board games Joe asked', what punctuation is needed after 'Dad'?

• A period

• A semicolon

• An exclamation mark

• A comma

What punctuation is needed after 'abroad' in the sentence 'David wants to move abroad but he hasn't made a decision yet'?

• An exclamation mark

• A period

• A semicolon

• A comma

In the sentence 'On our trip to Europe we visited Berlin Germany Paris France and Rome Italy', what punctuation is used to separate the cities and countries?

• Commas and semicolons

• Periods

• Semicolons only

• Commas only

What is the purpose of using semicolons in the sentence 'On our trip to Europe we visited Berlin Germany Paris France and Rome Italy'?

• To clarify complex lists

• To introduce a list

• To indicate a pause

• To separate independent clauses

What resource is recommended for further learning about punctuation rules?

• A dictionary

• A punctuation rules ebook

• A thesaurus

• A grammar textbook