Punctuation Quiz for Grades 5–7 – Commas, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks and End Marks
A punctuation quiz for grades 5–7: commas in lists and after introductory words, apostrophes for possession and contractions, quotation marks, question marks and capital letters. 12 questions with answers and explanations.
- Grades 5–7
- 12 questions
- About 6 min
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Questions
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- 1Single choice
Which sentence uses commas correctly in a list?
- I bought apples, bananas, and pears.
- I bought, apples bananas and pears.
- I bought apples bananas, and, pears.
- I, bought apples bananas and pears.
- 2Single choice
Which punctuation mark should end this sentence: "Where are you going"?
- Full stop (period)
- Comma
- Question mark
- Exclamation mark
- 3Single choice
Which is the correct contraction of "do not"?
- dont
- do'nt
- don't
- dont'
- 4Single choice
Which sentence shows that the bike belongs to one boy?
- The boys bike is red.
- The boy's bike is red.
- The boys' bike is red.
- The boy bike's is red.
- 5Single choice
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- "Let's go," said Sam.
- "Let's go" said Sam.
- "Let's go." said Sam
- Let's go, "said Sam."
- 6True / False
"Its" (without an apostrophe) means "belonging to it," while "it's" means "it is" or "it has."
- True
- False
- 7Single choice
Where should the comma go? "After lunch we played football."
- After, lunch we played football.
- After lunch, we played football.
- After lunch we, played football.
- After lunch we played, football.
- 8Multiple choiceMore than one correct answer
Which words need a capital letter? Select all that apply.
- monday
- river
- japan
- sarah
- table
- 9True / False
An exclamation mark can be used to show strong feeling, as in "Watch out!"
- True
- False
- 10Single choice
Which is correct for toys belonging to several children?
- the childrens toys
- the childrens' toys
- the children's toys
- the childs' toys
- 11Type answer
Type the contraction of "I am".
Written answer:
- 12Single choice
Which sentence uses a comma correctly to join two complete sentences with a conjunction?
- It was late, so we went home.
- It was late so, we went home.
- It, was late so we went home.
- It was, late so we went home.