Hyphens Dashes

Hyphens/Dashes Quiz

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Multiple Choice

Is this punctuated correctly?

Being a student is a full-time job.

• yes, keep the hyphen

• no, delete the hyphen

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

Multiple Choice

My aunt Janet—she's from Edinburgh—sent me some chocolates from the local shop.

• correct

• incorrect

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

Multiple Choice

the red shorter line, like this:

the most-improved student

is called ______

• parenthesis

• comma

• hyphen

• dash

Multiple Choice

a long line, sometimes shown as two short lines: --

is known as ______.

• comma

• hyphen

• dash