Hyphens Practice
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Hyphens Practice
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9th - 12th Grade
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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
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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
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CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.RF.3.3B
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.3.4B
CCSS.L.3.4C
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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