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

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-

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.