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Punctuation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Read the description. Choose the correct option.


Joins clauses without a conjunction.

a)

Italics (or underlining)

b)

Colon :

c)

Dash —

d)

Semicolon ;

e)

Hyphen -

2.

Read the description. Choose the correct option.


Introduces a list, expresses hours / minutes, and appears after the salutation in a business letter.

a)

Italics (or underlining)

b)

Colon :

c)

Dash —

d)

Semicolon ;

e)

Hyphen -

3.

Read the description. Choose the correct option.


Joins some compound words and numbers from 21 to 99.

a)

Italics (or underlining)

b)

Colon :

c)

Dash —

d)

Semicolon ;

e)

Hyphen -

4.

Read the description. Choose the correct option.


Used for titles of books, magazines, and works of art. It also adds emphasis.

a)

Italics (or underlining)

b)

Colon :

c)

Dash —

d)

Semicolon ;

e)

Hyphen -

5.

Read the description. Choose the correct option.


Sets off words that interrupt the flow of the sentence.

a)

Italics (or underlining)

b)

Colon :

c)

Dash —

d)

Semicolon ;

e)

Hyphen -

6.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.

a)

I woke up at 6:30 A.M.

b)

I woke up at 6;30 A.M.

c)

I woke up at 6-30 A.M.

d)

I woke up at 6—30 A.M.

e)

I woke up at 6 30 A.M.

7.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.

a)

I'm always losing things: I can usually find them.

b)

I'm always losing things; I can usually find them.

c)

I'm always losing things - I can usually find them.

d)

I'm always losing things—I can usually find them.

e)

I'm always losing things I can usually find them.

8.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.

a)

That's a high:class restaurant.

b)

That's a high;class restaurant.

c)

That's a high-class restaurant.

d)

That's a high—class restaurant.

e)

That's a highclass restaurant.

9.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.

a)

The man: he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.

b)

The man; he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.

c)

The man - he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.

d)

The man—he was from Ames, Iowa—arrived.

e)

The man he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.

10.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.

a)

I lost my: Harry Potter book.

b)

I lost my; Harry Potter book.

c)

I lost my - Harry Potter book.

d)

I lost my—Harry Potter—book.

e)

I lost my Harry Potter book.