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WorksheetsHyphens Check
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
My head was pounding, so I took some fast acting medicine.
a)
fast-acting
b)
fast-acting-medicine
c)
acting-medicine
d)
Correct as is
2.
My nephew Garrett is eleven years old; his cousin is twenty years older.
a)
eleven-years-old
b)
eleven-years
c)
twenty-years
d)
Correct as is
3.
Jim waved at his soon to be ex girlfriend.
a)
ex-girlfriend
b)
soon-to-be ex-girlfriend
c)
soon-to-be
d)
Correct as is
4.
His delightfully written essay was filled with made up words.
a)
delightfully-written-essay
b)
delightfully-written
c)
made-up
d)
Correct as is
5.
You need one-third of a cup of sugar for that recipe.
a)
one third
b)
of-a-cup
c)
one-third-of-a-cup
d)
Correct as is
6.
Where do you always hyphenate a word?
a)
after the 1st 2 letters
b)
between syllables
c)
before the last 2 letters
d)
wherever it looks good
7.
What is the correct way to hyphenate luggage?
a)
l-uggage
b)
lugg-age
c)
lug-gage
d)
lugga-ge
8.
Where would the hyphen belong in uncertain?
a)
un-certain
b)
uncert-ain
c)
uncer-tain
d)
do not hyhpenate
9.
Which word could you hyphenate
a)
Paris
b)
cat
c)
vacation
d)
Chicago
10.
What would be the correct way to hyphenate medicine in the following sentence? My head was pounding, so I took some medicine.
a)
medi-cine
b)
do not hyphenate
c)
me-dicine
d)
medici-ne
11.
Where could you put a hyphen in the word Virginia in this sentence.....
We found many interesting things to do in Virginia.
We found many interesting things to do in Virginia.
a)
Vir-ginia
b)
Virgin-ia
c)
Virgini-a
d)
Do not hyphenate
12.
Which word is correctly hypenated?
a)
tomorr-ow
b)
exciti-ng
c)
ba-ck
d)
al-ways
13.
The correct hyphen for awesome is
a)
awe-some
b)
awes-ome
c)
aweso-me
14.
You can divide one syllable words?
a)
True
b)
False
15.
There should be at least two letters and the hyphen on the first line and three letters on the second.
a)
True
b)
False
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