Punctuations Test 1

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Question 1
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The writings of Agatha Christie are very famous among the youth.
Replace the underlined words without changing the meaning of the sentence.

A
Agatha Christie

B
The writings and Agatha Christie

C
The writings or Agatha Christie

D
Agatha Christie's writings

Solution

Out of the given sets of words, 'Agatha Christie's writings' correctly replaces the underlined words as the apostrophe mark shows possession of 'writings' to 'Agatha Christie'.
Question 2
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The ________ are also called speech marks.
Fill in the blank with the correct option.

A
commas

B
exclamation marks

C
full stops

D
inverted commas

Solution

The inverted commas are also called speech marks as they are used to highlight direct speech.
Question 3
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Which of the following sentences correctly uses an exclamation mark?

A
The flight has landed!

B
Sara is a dancer!

C
Go away!

D
I will be meeting him tomorrow!

Solution

Out of the given sentences, 'Go away!' correctly uses an exclamation mark as it emphasises a command.
Question 4
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Which of the following sentences incorrectly uses the question mark?

A
Does Cathy know Steve?

B
I don't know which dance form Samaira is learning?

C
Do you know the whereabouts of Alia?

D
Wasn't Sara rude when talking to Anthony?

Solution

Out of the given sentences, 'I don't know which dance form Samaira is learning?' incorrectly uses the question mark as it is not asking for any information.
Question 5
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Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma?

A
Jenny can't come to the party because she is ill.

B
The bag, and the bottle are in your room.

C
Steve missed his flight, so he hired a cab to reach Mumbai.

D
The doorbell rang, while I was talking on phone.

Solution

Out of the given sentences, 'Steve missed his flight, so he hired a cab to reach Mumbai' correctly uses a comma, as here, it is separating two independent clauses joined by the conjunction 'so'.
Question 6
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Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma?

A
I have to get up early to clean my room, wash my cloths and cook breakfast.

B
Sam is travelling to Germany, and France for his vacations.

C
Have you got your, notes, back?

D
Alison is not talking to, her, friends.

Solution

Out of the given sentences, 'I have to get up early to clean my room, wash my cloths and cook breakfast' correctly uses a comma as here, it is correctly separating three different activities that are to be performed by 'I'.
Question 7
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On his way to school, Sam saw Slow down, school ahead written on a board.
Where should the single inverted commas be placed in the given sentence

A
Before 'Sam' and after 'ahead'

B
Before 'Slow' and after 'ahead'

C
Before 'school' and after 'ahead'

D
Before 'Sam' and after 'board'

Solution

In the given sentence, single inverted commas should be placed before 'Slow' and after 'ahead' as the sentence is quotated as a directed speech.
Question 8
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The timings of the library are 10:00 AM 5:00 PM
Where should a hyphen be placed in the given sentence?

A
After '10:00 AM'

B
After 'timings'

C
After '10:00'

D
After 'are'

Solution

In the given sentence, a hyphen should be placed after '10:00 AM' as it represents the span of time, the library remains open. There should be no space around the hyphen.
Question 9
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The boy, who is the monitor of the class. is absent today.
Replace the underlined words with a word, without changing the meaning of the sentence.

A
whose

B
that's

C
who's

D
which is

Solution

Out of the given options, 'who's' correctly replaces the underlined words without changing the meaning of the sentence, as it is the contraction of the words 'who is', formed with the help of the apostrophe mark.
Question 10
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Which of the following sentences correctly uses an apostrophe mark?

A
Tina and Kabir's house is in New Delhi.

B
The phone's of Jade is in his bag.

C
Sams' dog never bites.

D
Clara ring's is very expensive.

Solution

Out of the given sentences, 'Tina and Kabir's house is in New Delhi' correctly uses the apostrophe mark as it shows possession of the object 'house' to the plural subjects, 'Tina' and 'Kabir'. Also, when there are plural subjects, the apostrophe mark is placed on the last subject in a sentence.

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Question 1

Agatha Christie

The writings and Agatha Christie

The writings or Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie's writings

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Question 2

commas

exclamation marks

full stops

inverted commas

Solution

Question 3

The flight has landed!

Sara is a dancer!

Go away!

I will be meeting him tomorrow!

Solution

Question 4

Does Cathy know Steve?

I don't know which dance form Samaira is learning?

Do you know the whereabouts of Alia?

Wasn't Sara rude when talking to Anthony?

Solution

Question 5

Jenny can't come to the party because she is ill.

The bag, and the bottle are in your room.

Steve missed his flight, so he hired a cab to reach Mumbai.

The doorbell rang, while I was talking on phone.

Solution

Question 6

I have to get up early to clean my room, wash my cloths and cook breakfast.

Sam is travelling to Germany, and France for his vacations.

Have you got your, notes, back?

Alison is not talking to, her, friends.

Solution

Question 7

Before 'Sam' and after 'ahead'

Before 'Slow' and after 'ahead'

Before 'school' and after 'ahead'

Before 'Sam' and after 'board'

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Question 8

After '10:00 AM'

After 'timings'

After '10:00'

After 'are'

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Question 9

whose

that's

who's

which is

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Question 10

Tina and Kabir's house is in New Delhi.

The phone's of Jade is in his bag.

Sams' dog never bites.

Clara ring's is very expensive.

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