Dashes Hyphens

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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

• dash

• hyphen

• parenthesis

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

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

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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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Where does the hyphen belong in the following sentence?

• A-Lot

• Ex-NFL

• football-coaches

• NFL-Players

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Nido a school with a great reputation follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.

• Nido—a school with a great reputation—follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.

• Nido a school with a great reputation, follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.

• Nido - a school with a great reputation - follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.

• Nido—a school with a great reputation — follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.

Choose the word that needs a hyphen in the following sentence: Mr. Jones is eighty three years old.

• Mr. Jones

• eighty-three

• eighty-three-years

• years-old

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A