Dashes and Parentheses

Fill in the blank using a hyphen or a dash: Dad told us____Bob, Jerry, and Jack____to take out the trash.

• Hyphen

• Dash

Fill in the blank using a hyphen or a dash: Did you see that____there it goes!____huge owl.

• Hyphen

• Dash

Fill in the blank using a hyphen or a dash: Underneath the porch was____I'm not kidding____the hugest rattlesnake I've ever seen!

• Hyphen

• Dash

Fill in the blank using hyphens, brackets, or parentheses: Use a pen____blue or black ink only____to complete this application.

• Hyphens

• Brackets

• Parentheses

A dash functions the same way as a period or semicolon.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank using hyphens, brackets, or parentheses: Beethoven____1770-1827____was a German composer.

• Hyphens

• Brackets

• Parentheses

Which dash is used correctly?

• The museums, the culture, the food - this is what brought them to France.

• The museums, the culture, the food this is - what brought them to France.

• The museums, the culture, the food this is what brought them to - France.

• The museums, the culture, - the food this is what brought them to France.

Which definition is correct?

• A dash makes a two-word adjective.

• A dash is a break in a sentence.

• A hyphen is for unnecessary info.

• A hyphen is a break in a sentence.

Which punctuation mark is used to add extra information to a sentence without interrupting the main flow?

• A) Hyphen

• B) Dash

• C) Parentheses

• D) Colon

Fill in the blank using a dash or parentheses: The concert was amazing____the best I've ever seen!____

• A) Dash

• B) Parentheses