Dashes Hyphens and Ellipses
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you wanted to show a pause while writing a sentence, you would use_______.
an ellipsis
a dash
a hyphen
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence uses dashes correctly? Remember, you should be able to take the piece of the sentence with the dash/dashes out, and it should make perfect sense as a complete sentence.
Against all odds, Eric the best player on the team broke-- his-- leg.
Against all odds, Eric--the best player on the team--broke his leg.
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.6.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you have to OMIT or take out information from a sentence, you should use_______.
an ellipsis (...)
a dash
a hyphen
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.6.2A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you had a compound word that you needed to separate, you would use_______.
an ellipses (...)
a dash (--)
a hyphen (-)
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you had extra information to ADD to a sentence, you would use_______.
an ellipsis (...)
a dash or dashes (--)
a hyphen (-)
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you wanted to show an unfinished thought while writing a sentence, you would use_______.
an ellipsis (...)
a dash
a hyphen
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.6.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you wanted to show a separation of a list of ideas, you would use_______.
an ellipsis
a hyphen
a dash
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.6.2A
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