Punctuation Patrol
Which sentence uses a period correctly?
A) I like to read books
B) I like to read books.
C) I like to read books!
✅ Correct Answer: B) I like to read books.
Which word should be capitalized?
A) I visited new york last summer.
B) I visited New york last summer.
C) I visited New York last summer.
✅ Correct Answer: C) I visited New York last summer.
Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?
A) The dogs barks at strangers.
B) The dog bark at strangers.
C) The dog barks at strangers.
✅ Correct Answer: C) The dog barks at strangers.
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A) Because I was hungry.
B) I ate a sandwich.
C) Eating a sandwich.
✅ Correct Answer: B) I ate a sandwich.
Which sentence is written correctly?
A) She dont like carrots.
B) She doesn’t like carrots.
C) She doesn’t likes carrots.
✅ Correct Answer: B) She doesn’t like carrots.
Which word is a conjunction in this sentence?
I wanted popcorn, but we didn’t have any.
A) wanted
B) but
C) didn’t
✅ Correct Answer: B) but
Which word is a noun?
A) run
B) chair
C) quickly
✅ Correct Answer: B) chair
Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
A) I bought apples bananas and grapes.
B) I bought apples, bananas, and grapes.
C) I bought, apples, bananas and grapes.
✅ Correct Answer: B) I bought apples, bananas, and grapes.
Which sentence uses correct capitalization for a title?
A) My favorite book is charlotte's web.
B) My favorite book is Charlotte's Web.
C) My favorite book is Charlotte's web.
✅ **Correct Answer: B) My favorite book is Charlotte's Web.
Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?
A) She run to the store yesterday.
B) She ran to the store yesterday.
C) She runs to the store yesterday.
✅ Correct Answer: B) She ran to the store yesterday.
Which of these is a sentence fragment?
A) The dog barked loudly.
B) After we went to the store.
C) They played soccer outside.
✅ Correct Answer: B) After we went to the store.
Choose the correct version of the sentence:
A) we are going to the zoo tomorrow.
B) We are going to the Zoo tomorrow.
C) We are going to the zoo tomorrow.
✅ Correct Answer: C) We are going to the zoo tomorrow.
Which sentence uses a coordinating conjunction correctly?
A) I like pizza and I like spaghetti.
B) I like pizza I like spaghetti.
C) I like pizza so I like spaghetti.
✅ Correct Answer: A) I like pizza and I like spaghetti.
Which word is a verb?
A) happy
B) swim
C) slowly
✅ Correct Answer: B) swim
Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
A) My brother said, “Let's go outside.”
B) My brother said “Let's go outside”.
C) My brother said, “Let's go outside”.
✅ Correct Answer: A) My brother said, “Let's go outside.”
Which sentence correctly capitalizes the beginning of the sentence?
A) they went to the museum after school.
B) They went to the museum after school.
C) they Went to the museum after school.
✅ Correct Answer: B) They went to the museum after school.
Which sentence uses a pronoun correctly?
A) Me and Jake went to the park.
B) Jake and I went to the park.
C) Jake and me went to the park.
✅ Correct Answer: B) Jake and I went to the park.
Which sentence is a run-on?
A) We went to the park and we saw ducks.
B) We went to the park we saw ducks.
C) We saw ducks at the park.
✅ Correct Answer: B) We went to the park we saw ducks.
Fix the mistake in this sentence: “My friend play soccer every weekend.”
A) My friend plays soccer every weekend.
B) My friend playing soccer every weekend.
C) My friend played soccer every weekend.
✅ Correct Answer: A) My friend plays soccer every weekend.
Which sentence uses the conjunction “because” correctly?
A) We stayed inside because it was raining.
B) We stayed inside, it was raining because.
C) Because it was raining. We stayed inside.
✅ Correct Answer: A) We stayed inside because it was raining.
Which word is an adjective in the sentence?
The red car drove past.
A) car
B) drove
C) red
✅ Correct Answer: C) red
Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly to show possession?
A) The dogs toy is missing.
B) The dog's toy is missing.
C) The dogs' toy is missing.
✅ Correct Answer: B) The dog's toy is missing.
Which sentence uses capitalization correctly for a holiday?
A) We had a picnic on independence day.
B) We had a picnic on Independence Day.
C) We had a picnic on Independence day.
✅ Correct Answer: B) We had a picnic on Independence Day.
Which sentence correctly uses a plural noun?
A) I saw three fox at the zoo.
B) I saw three foxes at the zoo.
C) I saw three foxs at the zoo.
✅ Correct Answer: B) I saw three foxes at the zoo.
Which sentence joins two ideas correctly?
A) I wanted to go I had to stay home.
B) I wanted to go, but I had to stay home.
C) I wanted to go but I had to stay home
✅ Correct Answer: B) I wanted to go, but I had to stay home.
Which version uses correct punctuation and capitalization?
A) do you know where my backpack is
B) Do you know where my backpack is.
C) Do you know where my backpack is?
✅ Correct Answer: C) Do you know where my backpack is?
Which pair are correlative conjunctions?
A) and / but
B) because / so
C) either / or
✅ Correct Answer: C) either / or
Which word is an adverb in the sentence?
She sang beautifully.
A) She
B) sang
C) beautifully
✅ Correct Answer: C) beautifully
Which sentence needs a question mark?
A) What time is lunch
B) I like lunch
C) Lunch is over
✅ Correct Answer: A) What time is lunch
Which sentence correctly capitalizes a person’s title and name?
A) I saw president Lincoln at the museum.
B) I saw President lincoln at the museum.
C) I saw President Lincoln at the museum.
✅ Correct Answer: C) I saw President Lincoln at the museum.
Which sentence correctly uses a helping verb?
A) She is play the piano.
B) She playing the piano.
C) She is playing the piano.
✅ Correct Answer: C) She is playing the piano.
Which of these is NOT a complete sentence?
A) My friends and I went camping.
B) Played games and told stories.
C) We stayed up late telling jokes.
✅ Correct Answer: B) Played games and told stories.
Which sentence is correct?
A) Its time to go inside.
B) It’s time to go inside.
C) Its’ time to go inside.
✅ Correct Answer: B) It’s time to go inside.
Choose the sentence that uses a subordinating conjunction.
A) I will go if I finish my homework.
B) I will go and I will finish my homework.
C) I will go or finish my homework.
✅ Correct Answer: A) I will go if I finish my homework.
What part of speech is the word “and”?
A) noun
B) conjunction
C) adjective
✅ Correct Answer: B) conjunction
Which sentence uses a comma in direct address correctly?
A) Let’s eat Jake!
B) Let’s eat, Jake!
C) Let’s, eat Jake!
✅ Correct Answer: B) Let’s eat, Jake!
Which sentence correctly capitalizes a school subject?
A) I love learning about Math and science.
B) I love learning about math and Science.
C) I love learning about math and science.
✅ Correct Answer: C) I love learning about math and science.
Which sentence uses an irregular verb correctly?
A) He eated all the cake.
B) He ate all the cake.
C) He eaten all the cake.
✅ Correct Answer: B) He ate all the cake.
Which sentence is written correctly?
A) The sun was shining, the birds were singing.
B) The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
C) The sun was shining. The birds were singing.
✅ Correct Answer: C) The sun was shining. The birds were singing.
Find the correct sentence:
A) Mom and dad are going to the grocery store.
B) Mom and Dad are going to the grocery store.
C) mom and dad are going to the Grocery Store.
✅ Correct Answer: B) Mom and Dad are going to the grocery store.
Which sentence correctly uses “neither…nor”?
A) Neither the cat or the dog wanted to move.
B) Neither the cat nor the dog wanted to move.
C) The cat nor the dog neither wanted to move.
✅ Correct Answer: B) Neither the cat nor the dog wanted to move.
Which sentence uses a pronoun correctly?
A) Me gave the book to her.
B) Her gave the book to I.
C) I gave the book to her.
✅ Correct Answer: C) I gave the book to her.