WorksheetsPunctuation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Read the description. Choose the correct option.
Joins clauses without a conjunction.
Italics (or underlining)
Colon :
Dash —
Semicolon ;
Hyphen -
Read the description. Choose the correct option.
Introduces a list, expresses hours / minutes, and appears after the salutation in a business letter.
Italics (or underlining)
Colon :
Dash —
Semicolon ;
Hyphen -
Read the description. Choose the correct option.
Joins some compound words and numbers from 21 to 99.
Italics (or underlining)
Colon :
Dash —
Semicolon ;
Hyphen -
Read the description. Choose the correct option.
Used for titles of books, magazines, and works of art. It also adds emphasis.
Italics (or underlining)
Colon :
Dash —
Semicolon ;
Hyphen -
Read the description. Choose the correct option.
Sets off words that interrupt the flow of the sentence.
Italics (or underlining)
Colon :
Dash —
Semicolon ;
Hyphen -
Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.
I woke up at 6:30 A.M.
I woke up at 6;30 A.M.
I woke up at 6-30 A.M.
I woke up at 6—30 A.M.
I woke up at 6 30 A.M.
Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.
I'm always losing things: I can usually find them.
I'm always losing things; I can usually find them.
I'm always losing things - I can usually find them.
I'm always losing things—I can usually find them.
I'm always losing things I can usually find them.
Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.
That's a high:class restaurant.
That's a high;class restaurant.
That's a high-class restaurant.
That's a high—class restaurant.
That's a highclass restaurant.
Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.
The man: he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.
The man; he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.
The man - he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.
The man—he was from Ames, Iowa—arrived.
The man he was from Ames, Iowa arrived.
Choose the sentence with the correct use of punctuation.
I lost my: Harry Potter book.
I lost my; Harry Potter book.
I lost my - Harry Potter book.
I lost my—Harry Potter—book.
I lost my Harry Potter book.
