Exercise 1: Lists | Practice Test Online

Question 1:  Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

(A) Period

(B) Comma

(C) Hyphen

(D) Exclamation mark

Correct Answer: 1B

Question 2:  In the sentence 'I need to buy apples, oranges, and bananas.', what punctuation mark is used after 'bananas'?

(A) Period

(B) Comma

(C) Colon

(D) Semi-colon

Correct Answer: 2B

Question 3:  Which of the following is NOT a type of list punctuation?

(A) Comma

(B) Apostrophe

(C) Colon

(D) Semi-colon

Correct Answer: 3B

Question 4:  What punctuation mark is used before introducing a list?

(A) Comma

(B) Period

(C) Colon

(D) Hyphen

Correct Answer: 4C

Question 5:  Which of the following sentences uses list punctuation incorrectly?

(A) I need to buy bread milk eggs and cheese.

(B) I need to buy bread milk eggs and cheese.

(C) I need to buy bread; milk; eggs; and cheese.

(D) I need to buy bread milk eggs and cheese.

Correct Answer: 5B

Question 6:  In the sentence 'She bought a dress, shoes, and a hat,' what punctuation mark is used after 'hat'?

(A) Period

(B) Comma

(C) Colon

(D) Semi-colon

Correct Answer: 6A

Question 7:  What is the purpose of using punctuation in lists?

(A) To confuse the reader

(B) To separate items

(C) To add extra words

(D) To make the sentence longer

Correct Answer: 7B

Question 8:  Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list when the items themselves contain commas?

(A) Period

(B) Comma

(C) Semi-colon

(D) Colon

Correct Answer: 8C

Question 9:  In the sentence 'My favorite fruits are apples, oranges, and bananas,' what punctuation mark is used after 'apples'?

(A) Period

(B) Comma

(C) Colon

(D) Semi-colon

Correct Answer: 9B

Question 10:  What punctuation mark is commonly used at the end of a list?

(A) Comma

(B) Semi-colon

(C) Period

(D) Colon

Correct Answer: 10A