Hyphens Dashes
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7th Grade
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Becca Wong
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Hyphens/Dashes Quiz
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Multiple Choice
Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence:
Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else in the department.
Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else - in the department.
Mr. Lee suits the job—he has more experience than everybody else in the department.
Mr. Lee suits - the job - he has more experience than everybody else in the department.
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Multiple Choice
Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence:
There are fewer Italian American communities these days.
There are fewer
Italian-American communities these days.
There are fewer
Italian—American communities these days.
no change
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Multiple Choice
Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence:
She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles, instead.
She has stopped buying
2—liter bottles and has started buying 0.5—liter bottles, instead.
She has stopped buying 2-liter bottles and has started buying 0.5-liter bottles, instead.
no change
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Multiple Choice
Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence:
CMS a school with a great reputation follows a different schedule than other schools in Portola Valley.
CMS—a school with a great reputation—follows a different schedule than other schools in Portola Valley.
CMS - a school with a great reputation - follows a different schedule than other schools in Portola Valley.
no change
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Multiple Choice
How should the below sentence be punctuated?
Ladera a neighborhood in Portola Valley is the place she calls home.
Ladera-a neighborhood in Portola Valley-is the place she calls home.
Ladera—a neighborhood in Portola Valley—is the place she calls home.
no change
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Multiple Choice
How should the below sentence be punctuated?
He who shall not be named is coming up the stairs.
He-who-shall-not-be-named is coming up the stairs.
He who shall not be named — is coming up the stairs.
He — who — shall — not — be —named is coming up the stairs.
no change
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Multiple Choice
How should the red portion of this sentence be punctuated?
A twelve year old boy was caught pulling the fire alarm.
twelve year old
twelve-year, old
twelve year-old
twelve-year-old
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Multiple Choice
Is this punctuated correctly?
Being a student is a full-time job.
yes, keep the hyphen
no, delete the hyphen
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Multiple Choice
Mark the best answer.
There was only one thing to do: surrender immediately no, keep fighting!
There was only one thing to do: surrender—immediately no, keep fighting!
There was only one thing to do: surrender immediately no—keep fighting!
There was only one thing to do: surrender immediately—no keep fighting!
no change
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Multiple Choice
My aunt Janet—she's from Edinburgh—sent me some chocolates from the local shop.
correct
incorrect
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Multiple Choice
Choose the word that needs a hyphen in the following sentence:
Mr. Jones is eighty three years old.
Mr. Jones -->
Mr.-Jones
eighty three -->
eighty-three
eighty three years -->
eighty-three-years
years old -->
years-old
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Multiple Choice
the red shorter line, like this:
the most-improved student
is called ______
parenthesis
comma
hyphen
dash
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Multiple Choice
a long line, sometimes shown as two short lines: --
is known as ______.
comma
hyphen
dash
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