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Grammar - Punctuation Marks!
If you are learning to read Spanish, it may help you to test your knowledge of Spanish punctuation marks.

Grammar - Punctuation Marks!

This Spanish Easy Review grammar quiz takes a look at punctuation marks. Learning Spanish is very much like learning English. That is why so many of your Spanish lessons and quizzes seem to mirror your English lessons and quizzes. In truth, they complement each other. There are, however, subtle differences that exist between the two such as the order of words in a sentence, especially adjectives and adverbs, accent marks and punctuation marks.

The basic simple and compound sentence in Spanish is exactly like that in English in that the sentence ends in with a period (.).

1 .
What is your name__
asterisco
paréntesis
dos puntos
punto interrogativo
As this is clearly asking a question you will need to use a question mark. The Spanish word(s) for question mark are punto interrogativo.
2 .
Get out of my room__
punto
punto exclamativo
comillas
acento agudo
This sentence is showing emotion. When showing emotion an exclamation mark or exclamation point is used. The Spanish word(s) for exclamation mark are punto exclamativo.
3 .
Margaret went shopping with her friends__
coma
guión
punto
puntuación
This is a simple, basic sentence that needs to end with a period. The Spanish word for period is punto.
4 .
He said, __Money is the root of all evils.__
comillas
asterisco
apóstrafo
punto y coma
As the sentence begins with 'He said,' we know that someone is talking or is being quoted. When someone is talking or being quoted, you need to use quotation marks before and after the quote. The Spanish word(s) for quotation marks is comillas.
5 .
Mary__s cat won the blue ribbon prize!
guión
apóstrafo
puntuación
asterisco
In this sentence you learn that the cat belongs to Mary which means it shows possession. To show possession an apostrophe is used so that it reads Mary’s cat. The Spanish word for apostrophe is apóstrafo.
6 .
Billy’s house was three doors down __actually four doors if you count the door on the garage__ from Daniel’s house.
puntos suspensivos
acento agudo
paréntesis
guión
Here you are trying to determine what goes in the blank space before 'actually four doors…' and after 'garage'. The sentence could have been written as 'Billy’s house was three doors down from Daniel’s house,' but the writer is giving the reader additional information. When giving additional information that is not necessarily needed, parentheses are used. The Spanish word for parentheses is paréntesis.
7 .
Can you sing along with me? “Row, row, row your boat____.”
punto exclamativo
punto
punto interrogativo
puntos suspensivos
In this sentence a song is being sung but the entire song is not written out. When the writer wants to show the reader that there are more words that follow but that are being left out, the writer uses ellipses '…' which is a series of three dots (or four dots if it ends a sentence). The Spanish word(s) for ellipses are puntos suspensivos.
8 .
Carol__ Peter__ Cindy and Jeremy met up at the school dance.
coma
punto y coma
dos puntos
puntuación
In this sentence there is a listing of similar items grouped together, i.e. people. When similar items are grouped together a comma is used to link them. The Spanish word for comma is coma.
9 .
Eric is my brother__in__law.
dos puntos
guión
comillas
acento agudo
When looking at this sentence, there is a relationship being shown. When a relationship is being shown that was created through a marriage, that relationship is disclosed by using hyphen marks. In other words, in this case, Eric is my brother but only through the law of marriage. He is not my biological brother. To show this relationship, it is written as brother-in-law. The Spanish word for hyphen is guión.
10 .
Marvin had no problem with his math assignment__ however, his science homework was more complicated.
asterisco
acento agudo
punto y coma
dos puntos
In this sentence you can find two separate sentences, i.e. 'Marvin had no problem with his math assignment,' and 'his science homework was more complicated.' When two separate ideas or statements have equal emphasis and are connected with a conjunction (however), they are joined by using a semicolon. The Spanish word(s) for semicolon are punto y coma.
Author:  Christine G. Broome

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