
EK12 HS Parentheses, Brackets, Dashes, and Hyphens
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How should the extra information in this sentence be punctuated? Choose the best answer.
Nessie—a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found, supposedly comes out only during the winter.
—a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found—
, a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found -
-a sea creature that is rumored to exist but has never been found.
No change
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CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How should the extra information in this sentence be punctuated? Choose the best answer.
Quadrupedal marsupials—having four feet—did not show a strong preference for the use of one forelimb.
,having four feet—
—having four feet,
—having four feet!
No Change
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
connects words and numbers
hyphen
dash
parentheses
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a long line, sometimes shown as two short lines: --
dash
hyphen
parenthesis
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a shorter line, like this:
the most-improved student
dash
hyphen
parenthesis
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
My head was pounding, so I took some fast acting medicine.
fast-acting
fast-acting-medicine
acting-medicine
NO CHANGE
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The novel The Martian Chronicles has twenty two chapters.
twenty-two
twenty-two-chapters
novel-The Martian Chronicles
NO CHANGE
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CCSS.L.11-12.2A
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