Immense power in shaping meaning!
Punctuation marks serve as the unsung heroes of written communication, providing structure, clarity, and nuance to language. Commas delineate pauses and separate items in lists. Periods signal the end of a sentence, while question marks and exclamation points convey inquiry and emphasis, respectively. Colons introduce explanations or lists, semicolons connect closely related ideas, and dashes add emphasis or interruption. Quotation marks denote dialogue or cited text, and parentheses offer additional information or clarification. Overall, punctuation marks wield immense power in shaping meaning, coherence, and expression in the English language.
1. Choose the punctuation mark used to separate three or more items in a list.
1) A comma 2) A full stop
3) A question mark
4) An exclamation mark
2. Choose the sentence that has correct punctuation marks.
1) I said to him, “Where are you going?”
2) I said to him where are you going?
3) I said to him, where are you going?
4) I said, “to him Where are you going?”
3. Choose punctuation mark to combine two main clauses.
1) semicolon 2) apostrophe
3) Hyphen 4) Question mark
4. Choose the punctuation mark that comes at the end of the end of a declarative sentence.
1) A full stop (.) 2) A comma (,)
3) A question mark (?) 4) An exclamation mark (!)
5. Identify the correctly punctuated option for the given sentence. William Shakespeare plays in my opinion are some of the nest in English fiction.
1) William Shakespeares plays in my opinion, are some of the best in English fiction.
2) William Shakespeare’s plays in my opinion, are some of the best in English fiction?
3) William Shakespeare’s plays in my opinion are some of the best in English fiction.
4) William Shakespeare’s plays, in my opinion, are some of the best in English fiction.
6. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
1) She asked, “Where are you going?”
2) She asked, “Where are you going”
3) She asked, “Where are you going”?
4) ''She asked Where are you going?”
7. Choose the punctuation mark which is used to separate item in list or series.
1) Semicolon ( ; ) 2) A comma ( , )
3) Apostrophe ( ‘ ) 4) Question mark ( ? )
8. Choose the punctuation mark which is used to end a declarative sentence
1) A comma ( , ) 2) Semi colon ( ; )
3) A period ( . )
4) An exclamation mark ( ! )
9. Choose the punctuation mark which is used to join the independent clauses without a conjunction
1) Semi colon 2) A full stop
3) A question mark 4) An exclamation mark
10. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
1) She enjoys reading, writing, and arithmetic.
2) She enjoys reading, writing and arithmetic.
3) She enjoys reading writing and arithmetic.
4) She enjoys reading writing and arithmetic.
11. Choose the type of the sentence that typically ends a question mark.
1) Interrogative sentence
2) Imperative sentence
3) Exclamatory sentence
4) Declarative sentence
12. Choose the punctuation mark that used at the end of the direct question.
1) Comma 2) A full stop
3) A question mark 4) An exclamation mark
13. Choose the punctuation mark that used to indicate strong emotion.
1) Comma 2) A full stop
3) A question mark 4) An exclamation mark
14. Choose the punctuation that used to indicate possession or contraction
1) Comma 2) A full stop
3) Apostrophe 4) An exclamation mark
15. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
1) Have you seen my keys, phone, and wallet?
2) Have you seen my keys, phone, and, wallet?
3) Have you seen my keys, phone, and wallet.
4) Have you seen my keys phone and wallet?
16. Pick the sentence with correct punctuation.
1) The rain having started, we remained at home.
2) The boys angrily asked “What is the use of the school”?
3) “Well! Sir”, asked the Landlady, “How do you like my house”?
4) “Ladies hat’s are sold on the third floor”, said the shop assistant?
17. Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
1) The next morning the jeweler’s wife went to buy a minkcoat.
2) “Follow my example”, she said, cheerfully as she was leaving.
3) The town’s bells are ringing loudly he remarked.
4) “well! its many years since I went to Delhi”, my friend said,
18. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation marks from the options given below
1) He said, “I enjoyed, reading, ‘Mr’s Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf ”
2) He said, “I enjoyed reading, ‘Mr’s Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf ”
3) He said “I enjoyed, reading, ‘Mr’s Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf”
4) He, said, “I enjoyed, reading, ‘Mr’s Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf”
19. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.
1) Mr. Jones could you meet me tomorrow?
2) Mr. Jones, could you meet me tomorrow.
3) Mr. Jones could you meet me tomorrow.
4) Mr. Jones, could you meet me tomorrow?
20. Choose a sentence with appropriate punctuation marks from the options given below.
1) ‘Good evening’, he said, “my name’s Alan”.
2) “Good evening''. he said, my name is Alan?
3) ‘Good evening’, he said, ‘my name is Alan’.
4) ‘Good evening’, he said, ‘my name’s Alan’.
21. Which one of the following statements is NOT true? Identify the correct answer from the option given below:
1) Direct quotations capture someone else’s word exactly.
2) Use commas with adjective clauses only when noun or pronoun is specific and clear.
3) Most direct quotations are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or colon.
4) An adjective clause is a group of words that do not act together to describe a previous noun or pronoun.
22. The semi colon marks
1) A pause equal to a full stop
2) A longer pause than the comma
3) A shorter pause than colon
4) A pause equal to comma
23. Of course …..many parks have banyan trees. Choose the correct punctuation mark to fill in the blank.
1) comma 2) full stop
3) A question mark
4) An exclamation mark
24. Choose the sentence that ends with a full stop.
1) I know who is great here
2) Who is great
3) Does she come here
4) How are you
25. Choose the sentence that ends with a question mark.
1) How long the queue is
2) What a great idea
3) How great you are
4) How long is the queue
26. The comma is used to:
1) To separate two or more words of the same parts of the speech that come together
2) To end a sentence in past tense
3) To mark quotation
4) To end an interrogative sentence
27. An interrogative sentence ends with
1) comma 2) full stop
3) A question mark
4) An exclamation mark
28. Choose the word that should begin with capital letter
1) american 2) poetry 3) news 4) week
29. Has a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body
This sentence ends with;
1) comma 2) full stop
3) A question mark
4) An exclamation mark
30. Inverted commas are used to;
1) To separate clauses
2) To mark the exact words of the speaker
3) To avoid the repetition
4) To mark off the nominative address
Answers
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Writer: Putnam Ravi kumar
