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

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

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

(A) Comma

(B) Apostrophe

(C) Colon

(D) Semi-colon

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

(A) Comma

(B) Period

(C) Colon

(D) Hyphen

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.

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

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

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

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

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

(A) Comma

(B) Semi-colon

(C) Period

(D) Colon