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Grade 2 · English language arts

English language arts quiz for grade 2: Capitals and punctuation

This quiz helps revise “Capitals and punctuation” in English language arts for grade 2. It has 25 questions in five categories: Capital Letters, Ending the Sentence, Comma Rules, Apostrophe Magic, Special Marks. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 7–8
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Capitals and punctuation

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Capital Letters

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which single-letter English word is always capitalized when you write about yourself?

  2. 200

    Which part of every written sentence must always begin with a capital letter?

  3. 300

    Monday, Wednesday, and Friday…

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  4. 400

    Thanksgiving, Halloween, and New…

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  5. 500

    France, Canada, and Japan…

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Ending the Sentence

  1. 100

    Which punctuation mark looks like a tiny round dot and finishes a simple sentence?

  2. 200

    Which curvy punctuation symbol with a dot below it finishes an asking sentence?

  3. 300

    Which straight punctuation mark…

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  4. 400

    What kind of sentence…

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  5. 500

    What grammar term describes…

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Comma Rules

  1. 100

    Which small curved punctuation mark tells the reader to take a quick, gentle pause?

  2. 200

    In the date 'October 31, 2024', a comma separates the day from which four-digit number?

  3. 300

    In a friendly letter…

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  4. 400

    When writing 'Miami, Florida'…

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  5. 500

    You only need commas…

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Apostrophe Magic

  1. 100

    What word describes a shortened word like 'won't' or 'isn't' made by joining two words together?

  2. 200

    In the contraction 'don't', which vowel from the word 'not' is replaced by the apostrophe?

  3. 300

    Which single word meaning…

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  4. 400

    When we write 'the…

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  5. 500

    In the sentence 'It's…

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Special Marks

  1. 100

    Which paired punctuation symbols wrap around the exact words someone speaks in a story?

  2. 200

    In a comic strip, what white shape with a pointer holds a character's spoken words?

  3. 300

    Which short horizontal dash…

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  4. 400

    Which punctuation mark with…

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  5. 500

    When written before a…

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