Punctuation | MCQs

Explanation

 Declarative sentences, which make a statement, typically end with a full stop (.)

The period (.) is placed at the end of declarative sentences, statements thought to be complete, and after many abbreviations.

Explanation

Gwadar is a beautiful port city; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

A semicolon (;) correctly separates two independent clauses that are closely related in meaning.

Using a comma instead would create a comma splice, which is grammatically incorrect.

Explanation

• When reporting direct speech, quotation marks are used.

• The question mark goes inside the quotes because it's part of the quoted question.

• A comma separates the reporting verb ("He said") from the direct quote.

Explanation

The colon: is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots placed on the same vertical line.

A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, or a quoted sentence.

Explanation

There was heavy fog in the morning; the service at the airport were closed.

صبح کے وقت شدید دھند تھی۔ ہوائی اڈے پر سروس بند تھی۔

• A semicolon (;) correctly connects two closely related independent clauses.

Explanation

"Let's eat, Grandma." - Correct punctuation; it correctly uses a comma to separate the address to Grandma from the rest of the sentence.

Explanation

 Declarative sentence is a sentence

that

makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation, or conveys information.

There are four types of sentences in the English language

Declarative, exclamatory, imperative, and interrogatory.

The declarative sentence is the most commonly used.

SH6-8-2023

Explanation

• Period (.)
• Comma (,)

• Colon (:)

• semicolon (;)

• Question mark (?)

• Exclamation (!)

Explanation

"Whom" is the correct word to use as an object.

It follows the preposition "to."

This makes "To whom it may concern" the proper and formal phrase.

Explanation

The sentence is a question, so it must end with a question mark ( ? ).

Proper punctuation clarifies the sentence's purpose and meaning.