Punctuation Practice Exercise: Punctuation MCQ Grammar Test Online

Question 1:  Which punctuation mark is needed to complete the sentence? 'She asked ___ Where is my book?'

(A) Period

(B) Question mark

(C) Exclamation mark

(D) Comma

Question 2:  Identify the correct punctuation for the sentence: 'Wow that was amazing'

(A) Period

(B) Comma

(C) Exclamation mark

(D) Colon

Question 3:  Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

(A) The dogs bone is missing

(B) The dog's bone is missing

(C) The dogs' bone is missing

(D) The dogs's bone is missing

Question 4:  Complete the sentence with correct punctuation: 'He bought apples oranges and bananas'

(A) Period

(B) Semicolon

(C) Comma

(D) Hyphen

Question 5:  Where should a colon be placed? 'She brought three items ___ apples bananas and grapes'

(A) After items

(B) After brought

(C) After three

(D) After grapes

Question 6:  Identify the punctuation error: 'He said I will be there at noon'

(A) Missing comma

(B) Missing colon

(C) Missing quotation marks

(D) Missing period

Question 7:  Which punctuation is correct? 'Let's go to the park___ it's sunny today.'

(A) Comma

(B) Period

(C) Semicolon

(D) Exclamation mark

Question 8:  Select the sentence with the correct use of a comma:

(A) After the meeting let's grab some coffee

(B) After the meeting let's grab some coffee

(C) After the meeting let's grab some coffee

(D) After the meeting let's grab some coffee

Question 9:  What punctuation is missing in the sentence? 'My friend who loves reading gave me this book'

(A) Semicolon

(B) Colon

(C) Parentheses

(D) Comma

Question 10:  Complete the sentence: 'I have two choices___ stay here or leave.'

(A) Comma

(B) Period

(C) Semicolon

(D) Colon