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Unit 12: Hyphens

Authored by Amber Loper

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Unit 12: Hyphens
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use hyphens to connect two or more words that function as a single adjective _______ a noun, such as "well-known author."

before

after

with

far away from

Answer explanation

"It is important to set long-term goals for yourself."

'long-term' functions as a single adjective to 'goals', but this is only true if 'goals' is directly after 'long-term'.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Do not use hyphens to connect adverbs ending in ____ to the words they modify.

-ion

-ly

-ing

-ish

Answer explanation

"highly inspired artist"

"Quickly running person"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use hyphens to connect compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine, such as ________

one hundred and one

nine

twenty-four

twenty

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Words beginning with the prefixes non-, co-, and pre- are ______ hyphenated.

often

never

usually

rarely

Answer explanation

Hyphenate prefixes when the prefix comes before a proper noun or a numeral.

ie.: mid-June, pre-90's

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hyphenate simple fractions, but do NOT hyphenate fractions if ____________________.

the number is higher than twenty.

one of the numbers is already hyphenated

one of the numbers is negative

it's a full moon.

Answer explanation

"four-ninths"

vs.

"seven twenty-fifths"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use hyphens when writing out ages as adjectives, but do NOT use hyphens in the phrase _________

years old

day old

year old

month old

Answer explanation

Do NOT use hyphens in the phrase “years old”.

"This man is twenty-one years old."

vs.

"The twenty-one-year-old man works as a police officer."

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use a hyphen to join a capital letter to the ______ of a word.

end

front

middle

top

Answer explanation

T-Shirt

V-Neck

X-Ray

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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