This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 10 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Usedin some compound words and with some prefixes (all-, ex-, self-) and suffixes. A) HYPHENS. B) DASHES. C) PARENTHESES. D) COLONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HYPHENS. 2. You can divide one syllable words? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Learning Goal:To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity.To be to use hyphens where necessary to make words and writing clear. A) I have read my learning goals for today. B) I have read and understood my learning goals for today. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have read and understood my learning goals for today. 4. What words in this sentence should be hyphenated:The first place contestant got a well deserved prize for winning. A) First-place; well-deserved. B) First-place-contestant. C) Prize-for-winning. D) Well-deserved-prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First-place; well-deserved. 5. When I went to my highschool reunion I saw my ex (blank) girlfriend. A) An em dash (-). B) A hyphen (-). C) An en dash (-). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hyphen (-). 6. After her speech, we will take a five-minute break."Five-minute" is a compound ..... ? A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 7. All of these are my success criteria for today EXCEPT: A) I can identify where and why hyphens are used in a text. B) I can explain how hyphens can be used in different ways to make meaning clear. C) I can re-write a sentence using a hyphen to avoid ambiguity. D) To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity. 8. Use a hyphen to join a capital letter to the ..... of a word. A) End. B) Top. C) Middle. D) Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Front. 9. Identify the sentence with the correct hyphen usage: A) The high, school student was well, liked. B) The high school student was well liked. C) The high-school student was well-liked. D) The highschool student was wellliked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The high-school student was well-liked. 10. When introducing a vertical list (such as bullet points), it is acceptable for the introduction not to be an independent clause. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Identify the correct punctuation for the following sentence:The meeting is scheduled for 3:00 pm ..... 5:00 pm. A) Colon. B) Parentheses. C) Dash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dash. 12. Hyphenate compound adjectives when they come before the ..... they modify. A) Semicolon. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 13. Which words need to be hyphenated:"I can't wait for the end of the year activities!" shouted Kyra. A) End-of-the-year. B) Can't-wait. C) End-of-the-year-activities. D) Wait-for-the-end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End-of-the-year. 14. What punctuation is used to indicate a range or a pause stronger than a comma? A) Colon. B) Semicolon. C) Hyphen. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dash. 15. Brackets are a form of punctuation mark. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which of the following is an example of a correctly hyphenated compound noun? A) Motherin-law. B) Mother-inlaw. C) Mother in law. D) Mother-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mother-in-law. 17. True or False:An en dash is longer than an em dash. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 18. Do NOT hyphenate phrases that ..... with a single letter or number. A) Have commonalities. B) Begin. C) End. D) Are described. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End. 19. Select the correctly hyphenated word: "The company offers state of the art technology." A) State-of-theart. B) State-of-the-art. C) State of the art. D) Stateofthe-art. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State-of-the-art. 20. A talented pastry chef asked Abe to become ..... of her bakery. A) Co owner. B) Coowner. C) Co-owner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Co-owner. 21. I like English, Math, and Art. A) Comma. B) Period. C) Colon. D) Semicolons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 22. You need one-third of a cup of sugar for that recipe. A) Of-a-cup. B) Correct as is. C) One-third-of-a-cup. D) One third. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct as is. 23. How do you hyphenate 'mother in law' when used as a noun? A) Mother-in-law. B) Mother-law-in. C) Motherinlaw. D) Mother in law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother-in-law. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesHyphens In Compound Words Quiz 1Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 2Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 3Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 4Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 5Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 6Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 7Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books