Grammar Unit 11 Dashes Review
Authored by Leanne Cresap
English
6th - 9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the situations in which we should use dashes:
To seperate item in a list or series.
Dashes may be used to set off a major interruption within a sentence
To create a compound sentence.
A writer may also use a dash to set off a summary or
explanation that follows a list.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify why a dash is used in the following sentence.
Pencils, notebooks, and highlighters - these are all needed for Humanities class.
Summary or explanation that follows a list.
Set off a major interruption.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify why a dash is used in the following sentence.
My sister - who is 3 years older than me - won first place at her high school swim competition.
Summary or explanation that follows a list.
Set off a major interruption.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify why a dash is used in the following sentence.
Many items are on my list - Hot Cheetos, Gatorade, Sour Patch Kids, and Fritos - to purchase at the 7/11 down the street from my house.
Summary or explanation that follows a list.
Set off a major interruption.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Insert dash(es) where needed.
Rainbows, four-leaf clovers, and gold coins these all have to do with St. Patrick's Day.
after four-leaf clovers
after coins
after coins and after Patrick's
after gold
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Insert dash(es) where needed.
The dog barked actually howled when the ambulance sirens turned on.
after barked
after barked and after howled
after ambulance
after barked and after sirens
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Insert dash(es) where needed.
The end of Main Street was lined with British soldiers, relaxed and laughing as their prisoners captured American soldiers walked three to a row between their enemies through the doors of the Bridewell Prison.
after prisoners and after soldiers
after prisoners
after walked and after row
after doors
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
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