Hyphens Practice

Hyphens Practice

9th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

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Hyphens Practice

Hyphens Practice

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.2A, L.3.4C, RF.3.3A

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When trying to decide if a NOUN needs a hyphen, you should. . .

ask your teacher

look it up in a reliable dictionary

guess

follow the rules for nouns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

mother-in-law, father-to-be, merry-go-round, and jack-in-the-box are examples of

nouns that always get a hyphen

nouns we need to look up in a dictionary

compound adjectives

verbs

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The prefixes ______ and _______ always get a hyphen.

pro, anti

non, un

pre, post

self, ex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hyphenate compound adjectives when they come before the ___________ they modify.

noun

verb

sentence

semicolon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

anti-American, mid-September, pro-British get hyphens because. . . .

they are longer than two syllables

they are nouns

anti, mid, and pro always get hyphens

otherwise you would have a capital letter in the middle of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pre-existing, anti-intellectual, co-operator use hyphens because. . .

the prefix ends with the same vowel as the root word

pro, anti, and co always use hyphens

the are nouns

they are -ly adverbs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Do not hyphenate compound adjectives if. . .

you don't feel like it

the first word is an -ly adverb

if the adjective is actually a noun

one word is a number

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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