Apostrophes and Quotation Marks Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
Preview:
Which of the following is not a correct use of apostrophes in plurals?
A. 1990’s
B. PhD’s
C. cat’s
D. p’s and q’s.
Fill in the blank: There were many ______ at the conference.
A. PhD’s
B. PhDs
C. PhD
D. PhD’ss
How should an “internal quote” be placed within the main quote?
A. With no additional punctuation
B. With an additional full set of quotation marks ” ”
C. With an individual set of quotation marks ‘internal quote’
D. With two full sets of full quotation marks
Which sentence correctly shows possession for the subject ‘Cats’?
A. The cat’s scratching posts are old.
B. The cats’ scratching posts are old.
C. The cats scratching posts are old.
Fill in the blank with the correct possessive form (Shelby): _________ dog is barking.
A. Shelbys’s
B. Shelbys
C. Shelby’s
D. Shelbys’
Fill in the blank: The _______ toys are all over the floor.
A. childrens
B. children’s
C. childrens’
What is the reason for placing certain punctuation marks outside the closing quote?
A. They look better
B. They have the potential to change the meaning of the original source
C. It’s a traditional rule
D. None of the above.
Which of the following sentences correctly shows possession of a dog? (owned by Shelby)
A. Shelby dog
B. Shelby’s dog
C. Shelbys dog
D. Shelby dog’s
Fill in the blank with the correct possessive form (Otis): _______ textbook is new.
A. Otis’s
B. Otiss’
C. Otis
D. O’tis
Which quotation is using internal quotes correctly?
A. Martin asked me, “Were you joking when you said “you can have my xbox”?”
B. Martin asked me, “Were you joking when you said ‘you can have my xbox’?”
C. Martin asked me, ‘Were you joking when you said you can have my xbox’?
D. Martin asked me, were you joking when you said you can have my xbox?”
Quotation marks are used with short works such as ______.
A. Novels
B. Short story titles
C. Movies
D. Plays
Which sentence correctly shows possession correctly (Spencer-owner) (bike- possession)
A. Spencer’s bike
B. Spencer bike
C. Spencers’ bike
D. Spencer bike’s
Fill in the blank: Quotation marks should be placed _______ the punctuation in a sentence.
A. before
B. after
C. around
D. above
Which of the following is NOT a correct way to show possession for the name ‘Jack’?
A. Jack’s
B. Jacks
C. Jacks’
D. Jack’s house
What is the rule for showing possession with plural nouns that don’t end in -s?
A. Add ‘s
B. Add s’
C. Add only an apostrophe
D. Add es