Punctuation and grammar quiz for kids

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1. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
   • Where is my hat.
   • Where is my hat
   • where is my hat?
   • Where is my hat?
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   Where is my hat?. A question starts with a capital letter and ends with a question mark.

2. Which word needs a capital letter?
   • dog
   • sydney
   • city
   • river
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   sydney. Names of places are proper nouns.

3. What does 'don't' stand for?
   • did not
   • does not
   • do not
   • done not
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   do not. The apostrophe shows where the 'o' is missing.

4. Which shows that one girl owns a book?
   • the girls' book
   • the girl book
   • the girls book
   • the girl's book
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   the girl's book. 'Girl's' with the apostrophe before the s means one girl.

5. Which shows many dogs sharing their bowls?
   • the dogs bowls
   • the dogs' bowls
   • the dogs's bowls
   • the dog's bowls
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   the dogs' bowls. For plural nouns ending in s, the apostrophe goes after the s.

6. Which sentence uses commas correctly in a list?
   • I bought apples, pears and plums.
   • I bought, apples pears and plums.
   • I bought apples pears, and, plums.
   • I, bought apples pears and plums.
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   I bought apples, pears and plums.. Commas separate the items in a list.

7. Which mark shows strong feeling, like 'Watch out'?
   • Question mark
   • Full stop
   • Comma
   • Exclamation mark
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   Exclamation mark. Watch out!

8. What do speech marks show?
   • The exact words someone says
   • The end of a paragraph
   • A list
   • A question
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   The exact words someone says. "Hello," said Mia.

9. Which word is a verb in 'The cat jumped over the fence'?
   • jumped
   • fence
   • cat
   • over
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   jumped. Verbs are doing words.

10. Which word is an adjective in 'The tall tree swayed'?
    • swayed
    • tree
    • the
    • tall
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    tall. Adjectives describe nouns.