Dashes Hyphens and Ellipses

Dashes Hyphens and Ellipses

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Dashes Hyphens and Ellipses

Dashes Hyphens and Ellipses

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.8.2A, L.11-12.2A, L.6.2A

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15 questions

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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.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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