Punctuation quiz
Capital letters and full stops, and where they go missing. Written for ages 5–10 and 11–16 — if you choose another level, the nearest questions are used.
The kind of thing you'll be asked
Examples only — your own questions are built fresh, with different names and numbers every time.
Which one uses the apostrophe correctly?
- the childrens' playground
- the children's playground
- the childrens playground
- the childrens's playground
Answer: the children's playground — "Children" is already plural, so it takes an apostrophe and then s.
Which line breaks a capital letter rule?
- Line 1: The lesson finished at four o'clock.
- Line 2: We invited kwame to the party.
- Line 3: A goat wandered into the compound.
Answer: Line 2 — Line 2. People's names always take a capital letter.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
- In Amina's school bag there were an eraser, a ruler, a maths set and, a calculator.
- In Amina's school bag there were, an eraser, a ruler, a maths set and a calculator.
- In Amina's school bag there were an eraser, a ruler, a maths set and a calculator.
- In Amina's school bag there were an eraser a ruler, a maths set and a calculator.
Answer: In Amina's school bag there were an eraser, a ruler, a maths set and a calculator. — Commas separate the things in a list, and the last two are joined by "and". There is no comma straight after "were", and none after "and".