Dashes Hyphens

Dashes Hyphens

7th Grade

25 Qs

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Dashes Hyphens

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Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 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: 
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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a long line, sometimes shown as two short lines: --

dash

hyphen

parenthesis

3.

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.

4.

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Quadrupedal marsupials—having four feet—did not show a strong preference for the use of one forelimb.

,having four feet—

—having four feet,

—having four feet!

No Change

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