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Hyphens Quiz

Authored by El-Sayed Ramadan

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Hyphens Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

The television show was about man eating sharks.

The television show was about man-eating sharks.

The television-show was about man eating sharks.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hyphens should not be used when using compound numbers between 21 and 99.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences are misusing hyphens?

The books found in the attic are dust-covered.

The dust-covered books were found in the attic.

I won a twenty-five dollar gift card at the raffle event.

At the raffle event I won a twenty five dollar gift-card.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?

My son made the A-list in his kindergarten class this week.

My son made the A list in his kindergarten class this week.

My son made the A list in his kinder-garten class this week.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

He gave me a ____________ look when I suggested skydiving as our next adventure.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following phrases should contain a hyphen?

Pre historic

Post graduate degree

Mid December

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

We ate chocolate filled pastries for desert.

We ate chocolate-filled pastries for dessert.

We ate pastries for dessert that were chocolate-filled.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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