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Working with punctuation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A rhetorical questions needs a _________________

a)

full stop

b)

exclamation mark

c)

speech marks

d)

question marks

2.

What type of sentence is this? The dog is dead.

a)

Complex

b)

Fragment

c)

simple

d)

minor

3.

Three dots... are a punctuation called?

a)

Parenthesis

b)

Caesura

c)

em-dash

d)

Ellipsis

4.

What sentence type is this? Since you cannot be here.

a)

Fragment

b)

Simple

c)

Complex

d)

Phrase

5.

What is the official name for: ( )

(a)  

6.

What is the purpose of an exclamation mark?

a)

To add drama

b)

To suggest excitement

c)

To shout

d)

To capture the reader's attention

7.

What is this punctuation mark called? ;

a)

Colon

b)

Semi-colon

c)

Apostrophe

d)

Comma

8.

Where should the apostrophe be? Which statement below is correct...

a)

The cats bowl was empty.

b)

The cats' bowl was empty.

c)

The cat's bowl was empty.

9.

Where should the apostrophe be?

a)

The bus driver took the childrens' tickets.

b)

The bus driver took the childrens tickets.

c)

The bus driver took the children's tickets.

10.

Colloquial language is formal. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Jargon is technical language. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Contractions are informal. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Does the word - tube - have a long or short vowel sound?

a)

Long

b)

Short

14.

Does the word - light - have a long or short vowel sound?

a)

Long

b)

Short

15.

The verb - to run. Is this a finite or infinite form of the verb?

a)

Finite

b)

Infinite