Only English Majors Can Pass This Punctuation Quiz!

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Question 1/20

What is the proper way to make "business" plural?

  • Businesses
  • Business'
  • Business'es
Question 2/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • We ate apples; wine and cheese
  • We ate apples, wine, and cheese
  • We ate apples wine and cheese
Question 3/20

What is missing from this sentence? "My husband who is 30 celebrated a birthday today."

  • A comma after husband
  • A comma after 30
  • A comma after husband and after 30
Question 4/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • Very well thank you.
  • Very well, thank you?
  • Very well, thank you.
Question 5/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • Mike, my brother from Austin, Texas, is joining us.
  • Mike, my brother from Austin Texas, is joining us.
  • Mike my brother from Austin, Texas is joining us.
Question 6/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • I was born in the 1990's.
  • I was born, in the 1990s.
  • I was born in the 1990s.
Question 7/20

The following is an example of which type of punctuation error: She ate the bacon, she had already waited for it to cool.

  • Serial comma
  • Oxford comma
  • Comma splice
Question 8/20

What is the name for this punctuation mark?

  • Colon
  • Semicolon
  • Ellipses
Question 9/20

An explanation or afterthought set off in a sentence uses which of the following types of punctuation?

  • Brackets
  • Quotation marks
  • Parenthesis
Question 10/20

When is an ellipsis used?

  • When removing less relevant material from a sentence
  • When leaving room to add more words later
  • When quoting a peer-reviewed journal
Question 11/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • James' dog ate a steak, an apple, and a fish.
  • Jame's dog ate a steak, an apple, and a fish.
  • James dog ate a steak, an apple and a fish.
Question 12/20

When citing a quote within a quote, you should use

  • Two sets of quotation marks around the internal quote
  • A set of single quotation marks around the internal quote
  • A set of asterisks around the internal quote
Question 13/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • Cindy ate the cake, she really liked it.
  • Cindy ate the cake. She really liked it?
  • Cindy ate the cake; she really liked it.
Question 14/20

Find the correct series:

  • We love basketball, rugby and track and field.
  • We love basketball, rugby, and track and field.
  • We love: basketball, rugby, and track and field.
Question 15/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • She asked, "where are you going?"
  • She asked: "where are you going"?
  • She asked; 'Where are you going'?
Question 16/20

Which of the following is correct?

  • Mrs. Jones' classes went on two field trip's.
  • Mrs. Jones' classes went on two field trips.
  • Mrs. Jones' classes' went on two field trip's.
Question 17/20

Spot the hyphen error:

  • It was a brick-and-mortar store.
  • It was a tear and break-resistant box.
  • It was a rain-and-snow-proof coat.
Question 18/20

Which is correct?

  • The toy had lost all its charm.
  • The toy had lost all its' charm.
  • The toy had lost all it's charm.
Question 19/20

Spot the error in this sentence: "She ate the "lemons" before anyone else could get any for their lemonade.

  • Lemons should have a comma after it
  • Lemons should not be in quotes
  • Before should have a comma after it
Question 20/20

What is the proper way to show plural possession of the word "student?"

  • Student's
  • Students
  • Students's
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