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Language revision - punctuations and abbreviations

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following punctuation marks are classified as end marks?

a)

hyphen

b)

question mark

c)

full stop

d)

exclamation mark

2.

Which punctuation mark introduces a list, explanation or quotation?

a)

comma

b)

colon

c)

semi-colon

d)

full stop

3.

Which punctuation mark is used to break up a word when we cannot fit the whole word on a line?

a)

colon

b)

full stop

c)

ellipsis

d)

hyphen

4.

Which punctuation mark joins two words to form compound noun or a compound adjective

(a)  

5.

How many dots should an ellipsis have?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

6

d)

2

6.

How do we indicate the title of a novel in writing?

a)

underlined

b)

inverted commas

c)

capital letters

d)

bold text

7.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

Spain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

b)

Spain is a beautiful country, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

8.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

The children's books were all left in the following places Mrs Smiths room Mr Powell's office and the caretakers cupboard.

b)

The children's books were all left in the following places; Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.

9.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a)

We will be arriving on Monday morning: at least, I think so.

b)

We will be arriving on Monday morning – at least, I think so.

10.

How do you properly correct this sentence?

i want to go to the grand canyon in december.

a)

i want to go to the Grand canyon in december.

b)

I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.

c)

I want to go to the grand canyon in december.

d)

i want to go to the grand canyon in December.

11.
What title below uses correct capitalization?
a)
Harry potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
b)
The lion King
c)
The Secret Life of Pets
d)
find nemo 
12.

On the first day of class students read an article about school safety.

a)

class, students

b)

class students,

c)

class

d)

no change

13.

Usually, it's easy to like someone new after you take time to get to know them.

a)

its'

b)

it's

c)

its's

d)

no change

14.

Yesterday, Erica went two a pumpkin patch with her family to pick a pumpkin.

a)

to

b)

too

c)

to,

d)

no change

15.

abbreviation formed using the initials of a group of words to FORM A NEW WORD which is pronounced as it is spelt

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

c)

initialism

16.

a shortened form of a word/phrase using the first letters of the word/phrase

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

c)

initialism

17.

a series of initial lettes of word/phrases that form an abbreviation but aren't pronounced as a new word.

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

c)

initialism

18.
What are 5 things you can abbreviate? 
a)
Days, Months, Years, Birthdays, Names
b)
Days, Months, Weight, Addresses, Titles
c)
Days, Months, Weight, Addresses, Dolls
d)
Days, Months, Weight, Addresses, Puppies
19.

HIV is an

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

c)

initialism

20.

HIV

a)

human interactive virus

b)

human immuno virus

c)

heavy insolated vacuum

d)

human immunodeficiency virus

21.

Why does the abbreviation Mon. end on a full stop?

a)

because it is an abbreviation

b)

because the abbreviation and the word ends on different letters

c)

because it's a six letter word

d)

to make it shorter

22.

Mon. is an

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

c)

initialism

23.

Which is NOT an initialism ?

a)

SA

b)

SAP

c)

NASA

d)

DVD

24.

Which is NOT an acronym?

a)

FIFA

b)

AIDS

c)

Laser

d)

IT

25.

NASA is an

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

c)

initialism

26.

NASA stands for

a)

North Atlantic Sea Agency

b)

National Apple Snapple Agency

c)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

d)

National Aero Slab Administrator

27.

NB stands for

a)

nota bena

b)

note book

c)

Note well

d)

important

28.

PS stands for

a)

chocolate

b)

post scriptum

c)

something written afterwards

d)

i love you

29.

v. stands for

a)

versus

b)

volume

c)

against

d)

vroom vroom

30.

respondez s'il vous plait

a)

rsvp

b)

rvsp

c)

RSVP

d)

RPSV