Punctuation for Kids Quiz

Question 1

What do you put at the end of a sentence that makes a statement?

Accepted Answer

A full stop (.)

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A question mark (?)

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An exclamation mark (!)

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A comma (,)

Question 2

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

Where are you going?

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where are you going.

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where are you going?

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Where are you going

Question 3

When should you use a capital letter?

Accepted Answer

At the start of every sentence and for proper nouns (names of people and places)

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Only at the start of a story

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Whenever you want to make a word stand out

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Only for very important words

Question 4

Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

Accepted Answer

I like cats, dogs, and rabbits.

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I like, cats dogs and rabbits.

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I like cats dogs, and rabbits.

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I like cats dogs and, rabbits.

Question 5

What is an exclamation mark (!) used for?

Accepted Answer

To show strong emotion, surprise, or a loud command

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To show a question is being asked

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To separate items in a list

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To show a pause in a sentence

Question 6

Which of these words should have a capital letter?

Accepted Answer

london

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dog

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happy

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quickly

Question 7

What does an apostrophe (') do in the word 'don't'?

Accepted Answer

It shows that a letter has been left out — 'don't' is short for 'do not'

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It shows that the word belongs to someone

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It shows the end of a sentence

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It separates items in a list

Question 8

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

She shouted: Help, I'm stuck!

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She shouted, help, I'm stuck!

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She shouted Help Im stuck!

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she shouted Help I'm stuck.

Question 9

What is wrong with this sentence? 'i went to emma's house on saturday.'

Accepted Answer

The words 'i', 'emma's' and 'saturday' need capital letters

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It is too short

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It needs a question mark

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The apostrophe in 'emma's' is wrong

Question 10

Which sentence uses speech marks (inverted commas) correctly?

Accepted Answer

'I love pizza,' said Mia.

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"I love pizza" said Mia.

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Mia said "I love pizza."

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I love pizza, said Mia.

Question 11

Where should the apostrophe go in 'the dogs bone' to show the bone belongs to the dog?

Accepted Answer

the dog's bone

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the dogs' bone

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the dog's' bone

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the dogs's bone

Question 12

Which sentence ends with the correct punctuation?

Accepted Answer

What a brilliant idea!

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What a brilliant idea.

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What a brilliant idea?

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What a brilliant idea,

Question 13

A comma can be used after an introductory phrase. Which sentence does this correctly?

Accepted Answer

After school, we went to the park.

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After school we went to the park.

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After, school we went to the park.

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After school we, went to the park.

Question 14

Which of these is a question?

Accepted Answer

Have you seen my pencil?

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She is at the library.

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Go to your room!

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I enjoy reading books.

Question 15

Which sentence uses punctuation correctly for a list?

Accepted Answer

My favourite colours are red, blue, and green.

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My favourite colours are red blue and green.

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My favourite colours are, red, blue, and green.

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My favourite colours are red blue, and green.

Question 16

Why are speech marks important in writing?

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They show the exact words that a character or person said

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They make the writing longer

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They replace full stops

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They are used for titles of books

Question 17

Which word needs a capital letter? 'My family went to france in july.'

Accepted Answer

france and july

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family

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went

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in

Question 18

Which sentence uses an apostrophe for possession correctly?

Accepted Answer

The teacher's desk was tidy.

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The teachers desk was tidy.

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The teacher's' desk was tidy.

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The teachers's desk was tidy.

Question 19

Add the missing punctuation: 'Tom said ___ I love football ___'

Accepted Answer

Tom said, 'I love football.'

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Tom said, I love football.

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Tom said 'I love football.'

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Tom said 'I love football'

Question 20

Which sentence is punctuated completely correctly?

Accepted Answer

On Monday, we visited the British Museum in London.

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on monday, we visited the british museum in london.

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On Monday we visited the British Museum in London.

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On monday, we visited the British museum in London.