This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Supply hyphens where they are needed in these sentences. Can you deenergize that bomb in time? A) Can you deenergize that bomb in time?. B) Can you deenergize that bomb-in-time?. C) Can you de-energize that bomb in time?. D) Can you deen-ergize that bomb in time?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can you de-energize that bomb in time?. 2. In which sentence are capital letters used correctly? A) She said, " she is a famous New Yorker and a hero of the American revolution.". B) She said, "she is a famous New Yorker and a hero of the American Revolution.". C) She said, "She is a famous New Yorker and a hero of the American Revolution.". D) She said, "She is a famous new Yorker and a hero of the American revolution.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She said, "She is a famous New Yorker and a hero of the American Revolution.". 3. Use hyphens to connect two or more words that function as a single adjective ..... a noun, such as "well-known author." A) Far away from. B) After. C) With. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 4. Hyphens have two main jobs.What jobs do they do? A) Show where words were seperated & Join words. B) Show where material was left out. C) To put words together into contractions. D) To indicate the end of class is near. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show where words were seperated & Join words. 5. Hyphens combine an adjective and a noun to make a compound word. Example:accident-prone A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Identify the correctly hyphenated word in the sentence: "The postwar economy was booming." A) Post war. B) Postwar. C) Post-war. D) Post-war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Postwar. 7. Evaluate the use of hyphens in the following sentence: "The well-known author signed my book." A) The hyphen is used correctly to form a compound adjective. B) The hyphen is unnecessary and should be removed. C) The hyphen should be replaced with a dash. D) The hyphen should be replaced with a comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hyphen is used correctly to form a compound adjective. 8. True or False:en dashes have spaces both sides. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The long-legged spider crawled across the table."Long-Legged" is a ..... ? A) Compound noun. B) Noun. C) Compound adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound adjective. 10. The yellow-haired cat hid under the couch."Yellow-Haired" is a compound ..... ? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 11. How do you correctly hyphenate 'four year' when used as an adjective? A) Four-year-old. B) Four-year. C) Four year. D) Fouryears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four-year. 12. You must use a hyphen after a colon. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Do not use hyphens to connect adverbs ending in ..... to the words they modify. A) -ly. B) -ion. C) -ing. D) -ish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ly. 14. Which of the following uses of hyphens in numbers and fractions is correct? A) Twenty-1. B) Twenty-one. C) Twenty one. D) Twentyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty-one. 15. Bob decided to go to a four year college. A) Correct as it is. B) Four-year. C) Four-year-college. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four-year. 16. Which of the following sentences is NOT written correctly? A) My girlfriend likes a lot of things about me, such as:my intellect, my charm and my looks. B) My girlfriend likes a lot of things about me, such as my intellect, my charm and my looks. C) My girlfriend likes a lot of things about me, including my intellect, my charm and my looks. D) My girlfriend likes a lot of things about me:my intellect, my charm and my looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My girlfriend likes a lot of things about me, such as:my intellect, my charm and my looks. 17. It depends on which Disney theme park area with rides and attractions you mean. A) Hyphen. B) Correct. C) Incorrect. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parentheses. 18. Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence? 'I bought apples oranges bananas and grapes.' A) After 'apples'. B) After 'oranges'. C) After 'bananas'. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Where does the semicolon go?Spring brings gentle rains and warmer weather in addition, there are thunderstorms and hail. A) Spring;. B) In;. C) Weather;. D) Thunderstorms;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather;. 20. Which words should be hyphenated:Smoking has long term effects such as lung cancer and emphysema. A) Has-long-term-effects. B) Long-term. C) Lung-cancer. D) Lung-cancer-and-emphysema. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long-term. 21. Before a game, my team always does warm (blank) ups. A) A hyphen (-). B) An em dash (-). C) An en dash (-). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hyphen (-). 22. Which of the following sentences uses a hyphen incorrectly? A) The student is twenty-one years old. B) The twenty-one year old student graduated. C) The twenty-one-year-old student graduated. D) The student is twenty one years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The student is twenty one years old. 23. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a period? A) Hyphen. B) Semicolon. C) Colon. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semicolon. 24. A hyphen is sometimes used to join ..... together. A) Words. B) Sentence. C) Sentences. D) Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words. 25. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a range or a pause in a sentence? A) Parentheses. B) Dash. C) Hyphen. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dash. 26. I love to drive by the park on my way home from work."Drive by" is a ..... ? A) Compound noun. B) Compound adjective. C) Verb and preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb and preposition. 27. In which of the following sentences are parentheses used correctly? A) The car, which was red, sped past. B) The car (which was red) sped past. C) The car-which was red-sped past. D) The car which was red sped past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car (which was red) sped past. 28. Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.plant-eating dinosaurs A) Dinosaurs that eat plants. B) A plant is eating dinosaurs. C) Dinosaurs are eating the plant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dinosaurs that eat plants. 29. Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.reserve a meal A) To order a meal. B) To order a meal again. C) To serve a meal again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To order a meal. 30. Choose the correct punctuation to complete the sentence:The author ..... known for her thrilling novels ..... will be speaking at the event. A) Comma. B) Hyphen. C) Dash. D) Parentheses. 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