This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct hyphenation for the number: "ninety nine" A) Ninety-nine. B) Ninety-nine. C) Ninetynine. D) Ninety nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ninety-nine. 2. True or False:En dashes are used for multiplication. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Where could you put a hyphen in the word Virginia in this sentence ..... We found many interesting things to do in Virginia. A) Virgini-a. B) Do not hyphenate. C) Vir-ginia. D) Virgin-ia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not hyphenate. 4. Choose the correct hyphenation for the number: "twenty one" A) Twenty-one. B) Twentyone. C) Twenty one. D) Twenty-one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty-one. 5. What is a common mistake when using hyphens in compound modifiers? A) Placing a hyphen between two adverbs, e.g., 'quickly-moving car'. B) Using a hyphen in single-word modifiers, e.g., 'high-quality'. C) Adding a hyphen in compound modifiers after the noun, e.g., 'the product is high quality'. D) Omitting the hyphen in compound modifiers before a noun, e.g., 'high-quality product'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omitting the hyphen in compound modifiers before a noun, e.g., 'high-quality product'. 6. Which words should be hyphenated:The never seen before creature was just discovered. A) Just-discovered. B) Before-creature. C) Never-seen-before. D) Was-just-discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never-seen-before. 7. When should hyphens be used in ages and time periods? A) When they are used as verbs in a sentence. B) When they are used as adjectives before a noun. C) When they are used as adverbs in a sentence. D) When they are used as standalone nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When they are used as adjectives before a noun. 8. Select the word that should be followed by a colon. "Here is a list of the demonstrative determiners "this, " "that, " "these, " and "those." A) That. B) This. C) List. D) Determiners. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determiners. 9. When should you use a hyphen in a compound adjective? A) When it is a proper noun. B) When it comes before the noun it modifies. C) When it is a verb. D) When it comes after the noun it modifies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When it comes before the noun it modifies. 10. Mother-in-law, father-to-be, merry-go-round, and jack-in-the-box are examples of A) Compound adjectives. B) Verbs. C) Nouns we need to look up in a dictionary. D) Nouns that always get a hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nouns that always get a hyphen. 11. It is acceptable to introduce a list with a semicolon. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Select the sentence with the correct hyphen usage: A) The long term plan was successful. B) The longterm plan was successful. C) The long, term plan was successful. D) The long-term plan was successful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The long-term plan was successful. 13. Identify the correctly hyphenated word in the sentence: "The artist is known for his life like sculptures." A) Life-like. B) Life-like-sculptures. C) Lifelike. D) Life like. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life-like. 14. Which sentence uses a dash to indicate an interruption in dialogue? A) "I was just about to tell you-". B) "I was just about to tell you-when the doorbell rang.". C) "I was just about to tell you, but-". D) "I was just about to tell you when-". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I was just about to tell you-when the doorbell rang.". 15. Identify the correctly hyphenated word: A) Selfesteem. B) Self-esteem. C) Self esteem. D) Self, esteem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-esteem. 16. Supply hyphens where they are needed in these sentences. Can you deenergize that bomb in time? A) Can you de-energize that bomb in time?. B) Can you deenergize that bomb-in-time?. C) Can you deenergize that bomb in time?. D) Can you deen-ergize that bomb in time?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can you de-energize that bomb in time?. 17. 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.". 18. Use hyphens to connect two or more words that function as a single adjective ..... a noun, such as "well-known author." A) With. B) Before. C) After. D) Far away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before. 19. Hyphens have two main jobs.What jobs do they do? A) Show where words were seperated & Join words. B) To indicate the end of class is near. C) To put words together into contractions. D) Show where material was left out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show where words were seperated & Join words. 20. 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. 21. Identify the correctly hyphenated word in the sentence: "The postwar economy was booming." A) Postwar. B) Post-war. C) Post-war. D) Post war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postwar. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. How do you correctly hyphenate 'four year' when used as an adjective? A) Four-year-old. B) Fouryears. C) Four-year. D) Four year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four-year. 27. 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. 28. Do not use hyphens to connect adverbs ending in ..... to the words they modify. A) -ion. B) -ish. C) -ly. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ly. 29. Which of the following uses of hyphens in numbers and fractions is correct? A) Twenty-one. B) Twenty one. C) Twenty-1. D) Twentyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty-one. 30. 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. 31. 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. 32. It depends on which Disney theme park area with rides and attractions you mean. A) Correct. B) Parentheses. C) Incorrect. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parentheses. 33. 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. 34. Where does the semicolon go?Spring brings gentle rains and warmer weather in addition, there are thunderstorms and hail. A) Thunderstorms;. B) In;. C) Weather;. D) Spring;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather;. 35. 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. 36. 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 (-). 37. 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. 38. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a period? A) Colon. B) Dash. C) Semicolon. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semicolon. 39. A hyphen is sometimes used to join ..... together. A) Word. B) Sentence. C) Sentences. D) Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words. 40. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a range or a pause in a sentence? A) Comma. B) Parentheses. C) Hyphen. D) Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dash. 41. 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. 42. 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. 43. 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. 44. 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. 45. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dash. 46. Mr. Smith always keeps his LAWN well groomed.What compound adjective describes LAWN? A) Well groomed. B) Groomed. C) Always. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well groomed. 47. Unless he thinks he has a chance of winning, Peter will not ..... the marathon. A) Reenter. B) Re-enter. C) Re enter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-enter. 48. Which of the following is a correct use of a hyphen in a suffix? A) Twenty, first. B) Twenty-first. C) Twenty first. D) Twentyfirst. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty-first. 49. In which of the following words is the hyphen used correctly? A) Redo. B) Re-do. C) Re-do. D) Red-o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-do. 50. Which punctuation mark is used to introduce a quotation or a list? A) Colon. B) Dash. C) Comma. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colon. 51. Which of the sentences is correctly hyphenated? A) I sent a self addressed envelope to my idol. B) Priscilla has turned eleven-years-old. C) I think I mis-spelled the book title on my essay. D) The baseball team went on a two-mile run last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The baseball team went on a two-mile run last weekend. 52. Which punctuation mark is used to join words together or separate syllables at the end of a line? A) Parenthesis. B) Hyphen. C) Dash. D) Bracket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyphen. 53. Which sentences uses the hyphen correctly? A) He has been called an all American-hero. B) He has been called an-all-American hero. C) He has been called an all-American hero. D) He has-been called an all American hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has been called an all-American hero. 54. Written in words is ..... A) Seven eighths. B) Seven-eighths. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven-eighths. 55. True or False:Brackets are used to add editorial comments or clarifications within quoted material. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. True or False:I hope to get a part-time job while in college. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Choose the correct hyphenation for the number: "thirty four" A) Thirty four. B) Thirtyfour. C) Thirty-four. D) Thirty-four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thirty-four. 58. Which of the following sentences demonstrates the correct use of hyphens in word breaks? A) The project was a succe-ss. B) The project was a suc-cess. C) The project was a succ-ess. D) The project was a success-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The project was a suc-cess. 59. Select the correct hyphenated form: A) Exwife. B) Ex, wife. C) Ex wife. D) Ex-wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ex-wife. 60. A soft, sweet frozen food made with milk and cream and typically flavoured with vanilla, fruit, or other ingredients is an A) Ice-cream. B) Lolli-pop. C) Ice cream. D) Fruit salad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice-cream. ← 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 8Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books