English Grammar - Punctuation and Capitalization: 60 MCQs with Answers
English Grammar- Punctuation and Capitalization
Punctuation and Capitalization MCQ questions covering full stop, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe and capitalization rules in English grammar.
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0%Q51. Choose the correctly capitalized sentence.
Right Answer: I visited Paris last summer.
Explanation:
The first word of a sentence, the pronoun 'I', and proper nouns like 'Paris' should be capitalized.
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Q52. Identify the correctly capitalized sentence.
Right Answer: Ravi speaks Hindi and English fluently.
Explanation:
Proper nouns (names of people and languages) should be capitalized; other words remain lowercase.
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Q53. Choose the correctly capitalized sentence with a title.
Right Answer: Dr. Sharma is a renowned cardiologist.
Explanation:
Titles like 'Dr.' and proper names should be capitalized; common nouns like 'cardiologist' remain lowercase.
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Q54. Identify the correctly capitalized sentence with days and months.
Right Answer: We will meet on Monday, the 5th of March.
Explanation:
Days of the week and months of the year are always capitalized.
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Q55. Choose the correctly capitalized sentence.
Right Answer: The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, India.
Explanation:
Proper nouns like 'Taj Mahal', 'Agra', and 'India' should all be capitalized.
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Q56. Identify the sentence with a punctuation error.
Right Answer: She said "I am ready."
Explanation:
Option 4 is missing the comma before the opening quotation mark; it should be 'She said, "I am ready."'
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Q57. Choose the sentence with a punctuation error.
Right Answer: I have three pets, a dog, a cat, and a bird.
Explanation:
A colon (not a comma) should introduce the list after the complete independent clause 'I have three pets': 'I have three pets: a dog, a cat, and a bird.'
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Q58. Identify the sentence with a punctuation error.
Right Answer: The dog wagged it's tail happily.
Explanation:
'It's' is a contraction of 'it is', which is incorrect here; the possessive form 'its' (without apostrophe) should be used.
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Q59. Choose the sentence with a punctuation error.
Right Answer: My brother, who lives in Delhi is a doctor.
Explanation:
The non-defining relative clause 'who lives in Delhi' needs commas on both sides: 'My brother, who lives in Delhi, is a doctor.'
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Q60. Identify the sentence with a punctuation error.
Right Answer: What is your name.
Explanation:
'What is your name.' is a direct question and should end with a question mark, not a full stop: 'What is your name?'
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