Hyphen, dash, parenthesis, ellipses, the apostrophe and more

What follows the apostrophe when forming the possessive of a singular noun?

• S

• Ownership

• X

• St

What follows the apostrophe when forming the possessive of a plural noun?

• Nothing if the plural ends in s

• Another s

• Apostrophe s if the plural does not end in s

• Plural nouns don’t own anything

When working on the computer use _______ for the titles of books, plays, movies, television series, magazine, and newspapers. If you are working by hand _____ these titles.

• Bold letters

  Shine a light on the paper with

• Italics

  Underline

• Underlines

  Highlight

• Italics

  Don’t emphasize

________ indicate a sudden break or change in thought.

• A blank stare into space

• Eclipses

• Dashes

• Hyphens

True or false?

It is true that ellipses can be used to indicate an omission (words left out) of a sentence, and to indicate a pause in a sentence.

_______ show supplementary, or additional material or set off phrases in a stronger way than commas.

• Dashes

• Baracades

• Road blocks

• Parenthesis

Hyphens are used between compound

• Numbers

• Sentences

• Problems

• Complex sentences

Since hyphens are used in some compound nouns you will need to check with ________ to be sure which compound nouns need hyphens.

• The president of the USA

• The founder of that particular noun

• The dictionary

• The book of hyphenated nouns

________ are used in compound modifiers only when the modifier ______ the word it modifies. Hyphens are not used in ________ modifiers with adverbs ending in _____.

• Hyphens

  Precedes

  -ly

• Hyphens

  Follows

  -ly

• Dashes

  Precedes

  -ly

• Dashes

  Follows

  -ly

Apostrophes are used

• A. In contractions to form possessives

• B. To show ownership

• C. To show ownership of a sentences punctuation

• Answers A and B