Dashes

Dashes

Let's test your knowledge from this week, so I can better prepare you for the week we get back from Spring Break.

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Dashes

is a little horizontal line that floats in the middle of a line of text. It's longer than a hyphen and is commonly used to indicate a range or a pause. Dashes are used to separate groups of words, not to separate parts of words like a hyphen does.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses dashes correctly?

• Victoria bought her favorite- plant a cactus!

• Victoria bought her favorite plant a- cactus

• Victoria bought her favorite plant- a cactus

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the information that should be surrounded by dashes.

While I sat at my desk the thought racing through my mind I could not focus on the task at hand.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the information that should be surrounded by dashes.

I ate yogurt the kind in the purple container for lunch.

Multiple Choice

Insert the missing dashes.

Sara chose her research topic blue whales.

• research-

• topic-

• blue-

Multiple Choice

Insert the missing dashes.

Our class had a pizza party it was a reward for good behavior.

• was-

• pizza-

• party-

Fill in the Blanks

Which word should the dash go in FRONT of?

The school choir sang beautifully in their show it was last night.

Multiple Choice

Insert the missing dashes.

I woke up this morning it was very early and I went for a run.

• up-

• after morning- , after early-

• after early-, after I

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses dashes correctly?

• My little brother-- who annoys everyone will not be there-- tonight.

• My little brother--who annoys everyone--will not be there tonight.

• My little--brother who annoys--everyone will not be there tonight.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses dashes correctly?

• "Don't let him touch that-" Boom!

• "Don't let him- touch that" Boom!

• "Don't- let him touch that" Boom!

Open Ended

Write a sentence that uses dashes correctly.