Dashes and Hyphens Quiz

Salmon hatch in freshwater and migrate to the ocean--though they eventually return to freshwater to spawn and die.

• CORRECT AS IS

• Replace the dash after "ocean" with a hyphen

• Add another dash after "freshwater"

• Remove the dash after "ocean"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

New DNA evidence suggests that the kiwi a small, flightless bird found in New Zealand is closely related to the enormous, extinct elephant bird.

• CORRECT AS IS

• Add a dash after "kiwi"

• Add a dash after "kiwi" and "New Zealand"

• Add a hyphen after "kiwi" and "New Zealand"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The Capital Wheel--a Ferris wheel in Maryland--offers stunning views of the Potomac River and boasts 1.6 million LED lights.

• CORRECT AS IS

• Remove the dash after "Maryland"

• Remove the dash after "Wheel"

• Remove all dashes from the sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

How is the dash being used in the following sentence?

The bus--which landed on my nose--had to be the size of a softball.

• to interrupt the structure of the sentence

• acts like parentheses

• used like a colon

• interrupts dialogue / speech

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

How is the dash being used in the following sentence?

New DNA evidence suggests that the kiwi--a small, flightless bird found in New Zealand--is closely related to the enormous, extinct elephant bird.

• to interrupt the structure of the sentence

• acts like parentheses

• used like a colon

• interrupts dialogue / speech

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

How is the dash being used in the following sentence?

I have only ever wanted one thing--snacks.

• to interrupt the structure of the sentence

• acts like parentheses

• used like a colon

• interrupts dialogue / speech

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

How is the dash being used in the following sentence?

The astronomer, with his eye at the telescope, said, “I see Mercury about ten degrees above the--wow, look at the comet!”

• to interrupt the structure of the sentence

• acts like parentheses

• used like a colon

• interrupts dialogue / speech

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

How is the dash being used in the following sentence?

I ran to the bus stop--but the bus had already driven away.

• to interrupt the structure of the sentence

• acts like parentheses

• used like a colon

• interrupts dialogue / speech

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Read each answer choice below. Select two boxes that demonstrate an appropriate use of a hyphen.

• I have a full-time job

• the body temperature of warm-blooded animals

• my job is full-time

• the animals are warm-blooded

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Read each answer choices below. Select the answer that INCORRECTLY uses a hyphen.

• the freshly-washed sheets

• the cutting-edge technology

• the cold-blooded animals

• the ten-day trip

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A