This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... student earned a scholarship to her dream university. A) High achieving. B) High-achieve. C) High-achieving. D) High, achieving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-achieving. 2. Which of these is correctly written? A) I swam with a man eating shark. B) I swam with a man, eating shark. C) I swam with and maneating shark. D) I swam with a man-eating shark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I swam with a man-eating shark. 3. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a dash to clarify information. A) The best players-Michael Jordan and LeBron James-are often compared. B) The best players, Michael Jordan and LeBron James, are often compared. C) The best players:Michael Jordan and LeBron James are often compared. D) The best players; Michael Jordan and LeBron James are often compared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The best players-Michael Jordan and LeBron James-are often compared. 4. What is a hyphen? A) A type of dash used for emphasis in writing. B) A punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words together, often to create compound terms. C) A symbol used to indicate a pause in a sentence. D) A mark used to separate items in a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words together, often to create compound terms. 5. Pre-existing, anti-intellectual, co-operator use hyphens because ..... A) The prefix ends with the same vowel as the root word. B) Pro, anti, and co always use hyphens. C) The are nouns. D) They are-ly adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The prefix ends with the same vowel as the root word. 6. Which choice is correct? A) Sixty-three. B) Sixty three. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sixty-three. 7. Which sentence is correctly hyphenated? A) The decision was made on a case-by case basis. B) The decision was made on a case by case basis. C) The decision was made on a case-by-case basis. D) The decision was made on a casebycase basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The decision was made on a case-by-case basis. 8. Read each group of divided words. Then, choose the word in each group that is not correctly divided with the correct hypehnation. A) Clo-ak. B) Mys-tery. C) Fol-low. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clo-ak. 9. Which punctuation mark is typically longer and used to indicate an abrupt break in thought? A) Dash. B) Parenthesis. C) Bracket. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dash. 10. There should be at least two letters and the hyphen on the first line and three letters on the second. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which of the following is NOT a correct use of parentheses? A) The recipe (which was my grandmother's) is very old. B) The recipe which was (my grandmother's) is very old. C) The recipe (which was my grandmother's is very old. D) The recipe (which was my grandmother's) is very old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The recipe (which was my grandmother's is very old. 12. True or False:Hyphens can be used in place of commas. They do the same job. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Choose the correct sentence with hyphens. A) The twenty-four hour marathon was exhausting. B) The twenty four hour marathon was exhausting. C) The twenty-four-hour marathon was exhausting. D) The twenty four-hour marathon was exhausting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The twenty-four-hour marathon was exhausting. 14. You can use a colon before a quotation when the quotation is at least one sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Words beginning with the prefixes non-, co-, and pre-are ..... hyphenated. A) Often. B) Never. C) Usually. D) Rarely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely. 16. Given the sentence below, which choice best uses parentheses:The capital of China Beijing is attempting to reduce its air pollution. A) The capital of China Beijing (is attempting to) reduce its air pollution. B) The (capital) of China Beijing is attempting to reduce its air pollution. C) The capital of China (Beijing) is attempting to reduce its air pollution. D) The capital (of China) Beijing is attempting to reduce its air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The capital of China (Beijing) is attempting to reduce its air pollution. 17. Consider the sentence: "The project-due next week-requires a lot of research." What is the purpose of the dashes in this sentence? A) To join two independent clauses. B) To set off non-essential information. C) To show a pause for emphasis. D) To indicate a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To set off non-essential information. 18. My nephew Garrett is eleven years old; his cousin is twenty years older. A) Twenty-years. B) Eleven-years. C) Eleven-years-old. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as is. 19. Do not hyphenate compound adjectives if ..... A) You don't feel like it. B) The first word is an-ly adverb. C) If the adjective is actually a noun. D) One word is a number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first word is an-ly adverb. 20. The lease on Shravan's car is up but he wants to keep using it. He has to ..... the car. A) Release. B) Re-lease. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-lease. 21. What is the correct way to hyphenate luggage? A) Lugg-age. B) L-uggage. C) Lugga-ge. D) Lug-gage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lug-gage. 22. The correct hyphen for awesome is A) Awe-some. B) Awes-ome. C) Aweso-me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awe-some. 23. Choose the correct hyphenation: "The project is a long term commitment." A) Long term. B) Longterm. C) Long-term. D) Long-term-commitment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long-term. 24. Given the sentence, which choice below uses parentheses correctly:The summer months June and July are the hottest time of the year. A) The summer months (June and July) are the hottest time of the year. B) The (summer months) June and July are the hottest time of the year. C) The summer months June and July (are the hottest time of the year). D) The summer months June and July are the (hottest time) of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The summer months (June and July) are the hottest time of the year. 25. Choose the sentence that needs a hyphen. A) The well known author signed my book. B) The author is well known. C) Both sentences need a hyphen. D) Neither sentence needs a hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The well known author signed my book. 26. What is the rule for hyphenating numbers? A) Hyphenate compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, e.g., 'twenty-one'. B) Hyphenate all numbers above ten. C) Hyphenate only even numbers. D) Hyphenate numbers only in formal writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphenate compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, e.g., 'twenty-one'. 27. Heather added ..... to her scrapbook last week. A) Three pages. B) Three-pages. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three pages. 28. For a list in normal text, the introduction before a colon should be an independent clause. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 29. Hyphenate simple fractions, but do NOT hyphenate fractions if ..... A) One of the numbers is negative. B) One of the numbers is already hyphenated. C) It's a full moon. D) The number is higher than twenty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of the numbers is already hyphenated. 30. Which of the following requires a hyphen? A) Reenter. B) Re, enter. C) Re enter. D) Re-enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-enter. ← PreviousNext →Related 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