Dashes

Dashes-Lesson 1

By Sandra Eikelman

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-

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!