Dashes and Hyphens

What sign do we use when two parents decide to give their child both of their last names?

• comma

• long dash

• hyphen

• ellipses

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

How would you change the red portion of the sentence?

The school trip, which is scheduled for September 12th--will involve stopping for lunch at an authentic Himalayan restaurant.

• Keep AS IS

• school trip which is scheduled

• school trip--which is scheduled

• school trip-which is scheduled

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

he homerun ball smashed through—the neighbor's window—and rolled into the living room.

• —the neighbor's window?

• the neighbor's window—

• the neighbor's window

• No Change

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Everywhere we traveled in Kyoto there were vending machines—some served green tea while others carried only juice.

• some served green tea while others carried only juice.

• ,some served green tea while others carried only juice—

• —some served green tea while others carried only juice—

• No Change

Which information in the below sentence should be offset using long dashes? My friend Mark a doctor at Cooper Hospital treats patients with mental illnesses.

• Mark a doctor

• a doctor

• a doctor at Cooper Hospital

• with mental illnesses

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which information in the below sentence should be offset using long dashes? If you want to get into Princeton and everyone wants to get into Princeton you'd better get excellent grades.

• get into Princeton

• and everyone wants to get into Princeton

• excellent

• you'd better get

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence correctly uses dashes?

• My brother-whom I dislike-always gets me into trouble by telling my parents whenever I do something mean to him.

• My brother whom I dislike-always gets me into trouble-by telling my parents whenever I do something mean to him.

• My brother whom I dislike always gets me into trouble by telling my parents-whenever I do something mean to him.

• My brother whom I dislike always gets me into trouble-by telling my parents whenever I do something mean to him.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Where does the hyphen belong in the following sentence?

• A-Lot

• Ex-NFL

• football-coaches

• NFL-Players

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Where does the hyphen belong in this sentence? When my family travels, we always fly first class and stay in 4 star hotels.

• fly-first and star-hotels

• family-travels and first-class

• first-class and 4-star

• travels-we and my-family

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Is this sentence correct?

My sister-and only my sister- is my best friend.

• Yes

• No

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