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Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.7.1A, L.7.2A, L.7.5D

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Zania Laws

Used 2+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence: 
Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else in the department.
Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else - in the department.
Mr. Lee suits the job—he has more experience than everybody else in the department.
Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else — in the department.
Mr. Lee suits the job - he has more experience than everybody else in the department.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence: 
There are fewer Italian American communities these days.
There are fewer Italian-American communities these days.
No change necessary.
There are fewer Italian—American communities these days.
There are fewer Italian —American communities these days

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence: 
She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles, instead.
No change necessary.
She has stopped buying 2—liter bottles and has started buying 0.5—liter bottles, instead.
She has stopped buying 2-liter bottles and has started buying 0.5-liter bottles, instead.
She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles - instead.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How should the below sentence be punctuated?


Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

Newburyport- a small town in Massachusetts- is the place she calls home.

Newburyport — a small town in Massachusetts — is the place she calls home.

Newburyport —a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts - is the place she calls home.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How should the below sentence be punctuated?


He who shall not be named is coming up the stairs.

He-who-shall-not-be-named is coming up the stairs.

He — who — shall — not — be —named is coming up the stairs.

He who shall not be named — is coming up the stairs.

No change necessary.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How should the red portion of this sentence be punctuated?


A twelve year old boy was caught pulling the fire alarm.

twelve year old

twelve-year-old

twelve-year, old

twelve year-old

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Being a parent is a full-time job.

hyphen

no hyphen

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