Punctuation Practice Exercise

How well do you know English punctuation? Try this punctuation practice exercise and find out! Below you’ll find an interactive quiz to test your knowledge of the 14 Primary Punctuation Marks In English. If you would prefer to print a PDF of this exercise, you can do so at the bottom of the page.

Punctuation Practice Exercise

Punctuation Practice Exercise

1 / 14

1. Period (.)

Which sentence uses periods correctly?

2 / 14

2. Comma (,)

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

3 / 14

3. Question Mark (?)

Which sentence uses a question mark correctly?

4 / 14

4. Exclamation Point (!)

Which sentence uses an exclamation point correctly?

5 / 14

5. Colon (:)

Which sentence uses a colon correctly?

6 / 14

6. Semicolon (;)

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

7 / 14

7. Apostrophe (’)

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

8 / 14

8. Quotation Marks (“ ”)

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?

9 / 14

9. Parentheses (())

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?

10 / 14

10. Brackets ([ ])

Which sentence uses brackets correctly?

11 / 14

11. Dash (—)

Which sentence uses a dash correctly?

12 / 14

12. Hyphen (-)

Which sentence uses a hyphen correctly?

13 / 14

13. Ellipsis (…)

Which sentence uses ellipses correctly?

14 / 14

14. Slash (/)

Which sentence uses a slash correctly?

Your score is

Facebook Twitter

Punctuation Exercise PDF

A punctuation practice exercise.

Download and print a PDF of this punctuation practice exercise with answers!

Download PDF Exercise
All Quizzes