20-Question Punctuation Quiz for Elementary School Students

 

1. Which punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. comma

2. Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. comma

3. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate possession? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. apostrophe

4. Which punctuation mark is used to separate a sentence into two parts? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. semicolon

5. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause in a sentence? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. comma

6. Which punctuation mark is used to show strong feeling or emphasis? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. semicolon

7. Which punctuation mark is used to show a break in speech? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. dash

8. Which punctuation mark is used to enclose a quotation? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. quotation marks

9. Which punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. comma and a conjunction

10. Which punctuation mark is used to show a pause longer than a comma, but shorter than a full stop? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. semicolon

11. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate an interruption in a sentence? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. parentheses

12. Which punctuation mark is used to show a word is missing from a quotation? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. ellipsis

13. Which punctuation mark is used to connect two or more related words? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. hyphen

14. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a question within a sentence? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. comma

15. Which punctuation mark is used to show a pause longer than a comma and to connect ideas in a sentence? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. colon

16. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a range of numbers or time? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. dash

17. Which punctuation mark is used to separate clauses in a complex sentence? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. comma

18. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a sudden change in thought or topic? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. dash

19. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate the end of a sentence that is not a question or exclamation? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. colon

20. Which punctuation mark is used to show emphasis or surprise? a. period b. exclamation mark c. question mark d. interrobang

Answer Key

1. a
2. d
3. d
4. d
5. d
6. b
7. d
8. d
9. d
10. d
11. d
12. d
13. d
14. c
15. d
16. d
17. d
18. d
19. a
20. b