Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Punctuation—Use
Apostrophes--RIT 191-200
Choose the correct missing word.
I know ________ the right
choice.
a. | your | c. | your’e | b. | you’re | d. | youre |
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Punctuation—Use
Appropriate End Punctuation--RIT 191-200
Do you know the name of the governor of the
state____
Which punctuation is needed for the above sentence?
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Which of the following is not punctuated
correctly?
a. | Dear Bob: | c. | I am
going to start in the game Friday. | b. | How have you
been? | d. | Are you getting along with your
roommate? |
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Punctuation—Use Commas
Appropriately--RIT 191-200
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a. | Since, I’m starting in the game today, I’m
really nervous. | c. | Since I’m starting, in the game
today, I’m really nervous. | b. | Since I’m
starting in the game today, I’m really nervous. | d. | Since I’m
starting in the game today; I’m really nervous. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Tim- worrying about his lost dog- missed the
teacher’s instructions for the assignment. | c. | Tim
(worrying about his lost dog) missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment. | b. | Tim: worrying
about his lost dog, missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment. | d. | Tim, worrying about his lost dog, missed the teacher’s instructions for
the assignment. |
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Which sentence has the comma in the right
place?
a. | Jose went to the game, and, Karla went to a
movie. | c. | Jose went to the game, and Karla went to a
movie. | b. | Jose went to the game and, Karla went to a
movie. | d. | Jose went, to the game, and Karla, went to a
movie. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | I wrote a letter to my grandmother, and I mailed it the
next day. | c. | I wrote a letter to my grandmother and, I mailed it the
next day. | b. | I wrote a letter, to my grandmother, and I mailed it the
next day. | d. | I wrote a letter to my grandmother and I mailed it, the next
day. |
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Which word should have a comma following
it?
Carrying a huge box the janitor knocked me into a drinking fountain.
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Choose the correctly punctuated
sentence.
a. | My uncle the one with the fast car offered to give me
driving lessons. | c. | My uncle the one, with the fast car,
offered to give me driving lessons. | b. | My uncle, the one
with the fast car, offered to give me driving lessons. | d. | My uncle the one
with the fast car, offered to give me driving lessons. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Mrs. Barnes our English teacher, taught us how to use
commas. | c. | Mrs. Barnes, our English teacher taught us how to use
commas. | b. | Mrs. Barnes our English teacher taught us how to use
commas. | d. | Mrs. Barnes, our English teacher, taught us how to use
commas. |
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Punctuation—Use
Enclosing Punctuation--RIT 191-200
Which sentence uses quotation marks
correctly?
a. | Let’s go now, “said Joe,” I
can’t wait to get there. | c. | “Let’s go now”, said
Joe. “I can’t wait to get there”. | b. | “Let’s go now, said Joe, I can’t wait to get
there.” | d. | “Let’s go now,” said Joe, “I can’t wait to get
there.” |
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Punctuation—Use
Underlining for Titles--RIT 191-200
1. Which sentence punctuates the title Great
Expectations correctly?
a. | Have you read Dickens’ Great
Expectations? | c. | Have you read Dickens’
“Great Expectations”? | b. | Have you read
Dickens’ “Great Expectations”? | d. | Have you read
Dickens’, Great Expectations? |
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Punctuation—Use
Apostrophes--RIT 201-210
Which words mean that the uniforms belong to both
girls?
a. | he girl’s
uniforms | c. | the girls’
uniforms | b. | the girls’ uniforms’ | d. | the girls uniforms |
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Which sentence is not
written correctly?
a. | She can’t drive a car until
she is 16. | c. | The boys
shouldn’t wear such bright colors. | b. | Thinking about his team, the coach didn’t extend
practice. | d. | The cheerleader isnt going to the
game. |
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Punctuation—Use
Appropriate End Punctuation--RIT 201-210
Which indicates the speaker is
excited?
a. | Sure, I can do
that. | c. | Sure, I can do
that? | b. | Sure, I can do that! | d. | I can do that. |
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Which sentence is not
punctuated correctly?
a. | I have a dog with white
spots? | c. | I love this
game! | b. | I ate in a restaurant last night. | d. | Were you tardy again? |
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Choose the appropriate
places for periods.
In the
trees by our house(a) the birds were chattering(b) the air was crisp and the sun was bright(c) for a
winter day(d)
a. | a and b | c. | a and d | b. | b and d | d. | c and d |
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Punctuation—Use Commas
Appropriately--RIT 201-210
1. Choose the punctuation that should go in the
blank.
James __ clean up your
room now!
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Waiting impatiently(a) the
students shoved(b) and jostled each other(c) at the bus stop.
Weighed down by his heavy
backpack(d) Pete was squeezed to the end of the line. The bright
yellow bus(e) arrived in a blur
of flashing lights and familiar faces. Knowing it was inevitable(f)
the students boarded the bus
to school.
Where should commas
be placed?
a. | b, c, d | c. | b, c, f | b. | a, c, d | d. | a, d, f |
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Which sentence is correctly
punctuated?
a. | When you’re finished cleaning
your room you may leave for the game. | c. | When you’re finished cleaning your room. You may leave for the
game. | b. | When you’re finished cleaning your room, you may leave for the
game. | d. | When you’re finished cleaning your room; you may
leave for the game. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Billy, on the other hand turned his
report in yesterday. | c. | Billy, on the
other hand, turned his report in yesterday. | b. | Billy on the other hand turned his report in
yesterday. | d. | Billy on the other hand, turned his
report in yesterday. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | The parakeet meanwhile squawked
endlessly. | c. | The parakeet
meanwhile, squawked endlessly. | b. | The parakeet meanwhile squawked, endlessly. | d. | The parakeet, meanwhile, squawked
endlessly. |
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Punctuation—Use
Enclosing Punctuation--RIT 201-210
Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Have you read The Most Dangerous
Game in English class? | c. | Have you read
“The Most Dangerous Game” in English class? | b. | Have you read the most Dangerous Game in English
class? | d. | Have you read The Most Dangerous Game in English
class? |
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Which sentence uses commas
correctly?
a. | The students, gave the principal Mr.
Smith a special award. | c. | The students gave
the principal, Mr. Smith a special award. | b. | The students gave the principal, Mr. Smith, a special
award. | d. | The students gave the principal Mr. Smith, a special
award. |
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