Punctuation for Kids Quiz

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

1. A comma (,)
2. A full stop (.)
3. A question mark (?)
4. An exclamation mark (!)

2. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

1. Where are you going
2. where are you going?
3. Where are you going?
4. where are you going.

3. When should you use a capital letter?

1. At the start of every sentence and for proper nouns (names of people and places)
2. Only at the start of a story
3. Only for very important words
4. Whenever you want to make a word stand out

4. Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

1. I like cats dogs and, rabbits.
2. I like cats dogs, and rabbits.
3. I like cats, dogs, and rabbits.
4. I like, cats dogs and rabbits.

5. What is an exclamation mark (!) used for?

1. To separate items in a list
2. To show a pause in a sentence
3. To show a question is being asked
4. To show strong emotion, surprise, or a loud command

6. Which of these words should have a capital letter?

1. dog
2. happy
3. london
4. quickly

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

1. It separates items in a list
2. It shows that a letter has been left out — 'don't' is short for 'do not'
3. It shows that the word belongs to someone
4. It shows the end of a sentence

8. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

1. she shouted Help I'm stuck.
2. She shouted Help Im stuck!
3. She shouted, help, I'm stuck!
4. She shouted: Help, I'm stuck!

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

1. It is too short
2. It needs a question mark
3. The apostrophe in 'emma's' is wrong
4. The words 'i', 'emma's' and 'saturday' need capital letters

10. Which sentence uses speech marks (inverted commas) correctly?

1. 'I love pizza,' said Mia.
2. "I love pizza" said Mia.
3. I love pizza, said Mia.
4. Mia said "I love pizza."

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

1. the dog's bone
2. the dog's' bone
3. the dogs' bone
4. the dogs's bone

12. Which sentence ends with the correct punctuation?

1. What a brilliant idea,
2. What a brilliant idea!
3. What a brilliant idea?
4. What a brilliant idea.

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

1. After school we went to the park.
2. After school we, went to the park.
3. After school, we went to the park.
4. After, school we went to the park.

14. Which of these is a question?

1. Go to your room!
2. Have you seen my pencil?
3. I enjoy reading books.
4. She is at the library.

15. Which sentence uses punctuation correctly for a list?

1. My favourite colours are red blue and green.
2. My favourite colours are red blue, and green.
3. My favourite colours are red, blue, and green.
4. My favourite colours are, red, blue, and green.

16. Why are speech marks important in writing?

1. They are used for titles of books
2. They make the writing longer
3. They replace full stops
4. They show the exact words that a character or person said

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

1. family
2. france and july
3. in
4. went

18. Which sentence uses an apostrophe for possession correctly?

1. The teacher's desk was tidy.
2. The teacher's' desk was tidy.
3. The teachers desk was tidy.
4. The teachers's desk was tidy.

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

1. Tom said 'I love football.'
2. Tom said 'I love football'
3. Tom said, 'I love football.'
4. Tom said, I love football.

20. Which sentence is punctuated completely correctly?

1. On Monday we visited the British Museum in London.
2. on monday, we visited the british museum in london.
3. On monday, we visited the British museum in London.
4. On Monday, we visited the British Museum in London.