Punctuation Level 2

Question 1

If you're adding S to make a word plural, you put an apostrophe before the S. True or false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

You can use a full stop to indicate that a word has been shortened. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What are inverted commas also known as?

Accepted Answer

Speech or quotation marks

Question 4

How many exclamation marks or question marks should you use when emphasising a word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

One

Question 5

Question marks and exclamation marks can only be used at the end of sentences. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

You can use an apostrophe to show that letters are missing from any word. True or false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What do full stops do?

Accepted Answer

End a sentence

Question 8

In which of these situations would you use an apostrophe?

Accepted Answer

When you want to show that a person or thing owns something

Question 9

You use a comma to separate a clause from the rest of the sentence. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Why are inverted commas known as quote marks?

Accepted Answer

Because they show that you're quoting from another text

Question 11

When would you use a capital letter?

Accepted Answer

At the start of a sentence and when you use a proper noun

Question 12

You can also use inverted commas to show when someone is speaking in a text. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

You would only use commas in one of these situations. Which one?

Accepted Answer

Separating the items in a list

Question 14

You can use capital letters to emphasise key words in a sentence. True of false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

You can separate two complete sentences with a comma. True or false?

Accepted Answer

False

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