This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (Fill in the blank) Make sure you read pages 36 (blank) 40. A) An en dash (-). B) A hyphen (-). C) An em dash (-). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An en dash (-). 2. Which choice below does not use parentheses correctly? A) The largest planet in our solar system (Jupiter) is still a mystery. B) My uncle reads the Pacific Daily News (PDN) every morning. C) I (shopped) at Kmart and bought shampoo. D) The two military bases on Guam (Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam) occupies almost one-third of the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I (shopped) at Kmart and bought shampoo. 3. Identify the sentence with the correct use of hyphens. A) The high school-students attended a well-organized event. B) The high-school students attended a well organized event. C) The high school students attended a well-organized event. D) The high-school-students attended a well organized event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The high school students attended a well-organized event. 4. Use hyphens when writing out ages as adjectives, but do NOT use hyphens in the phrase ..... A) Day old. B) Year old. C) Month old. D) Years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Years old. 5. Use hyphens to connect compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine, such as ..... A) One hundred and one. B) Nine. C) Twenty-four. D) Twenty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twenty-four. 6. Do NOT use hyphens when writing ..... A) Percentages. B) Compound adjectives. C) Compound nouns. D) Simple fractions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Percentages. 7. Jennifer distracted Kyle while he was counting the stock so he had to ..... A) Recount. B) Re-count. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-count. 8. When should hyphens be used in compound words? A) Only in compound words with less than 3 letters. B) Never, hyphens are outdated and unnecessary. C) In specific cases as adjectives before a noun or to join two words forming a single concept. D) Only in compound words with more than 5 letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In specific cases as adjectives before a noun or to join two words forming a single concept. 9. Choose the correct sentence for quotes and italics. A) The Necklace is one of Guy de Maupassant's most famous short stories. B) Some people would prefer to have "America the Beautiful" as the national anthem instead of The Star Spangled Banner. C) National Geographic is one of my favorite magazines. D) The article, "Oriole Bats Quiet Again, " told the story all too clearly in "The Baltimore Sun" newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Geographic is one of my favorite magazines. 10. Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.my short sighted cousin A) My cousin who is short and can see. B) My cousin who is short and cannot be seen. C) My cousin who is short with poor sight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My cousin who is short and can see. 11. The ..... student earned a scholarship to her dream university. A) High achieving. B) High, achieving. C) High-achieving. D) High-achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-achieving. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. What is a hyphen? A) A mark used to separate items in a list. B) A type of dash used for emphasis in writing. C) A symbol used to indicate a pause in a sentence. D) A punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words together, often to create compound terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words together, often to create compound terms. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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: B) The decision was made on a case-by-case basis. 18. 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. 19. Which punctuation mark is typically longer and used to indicate an abrupt break in thought? A) Parenthesis. B) Hyphen. C) Dash. D) Bracket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dash. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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: A) The capital of China (Beijing) is attempting to reduce its air pollution. 26. 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 set off non-essential information. B) To join two independent clauses. C) To indicate a list. D) To show a pause for emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To set off non-essential information. 27. My nephew Garrett is eleven years old; his cousin is twenty years older. A) Eleven-years. B) Eleven-years-old. C) Twenty-years. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as is. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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. 31. 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. 32. Choose the correct hyphenation: "The project is a long term commitment." A) Long-term-commitment. B) Longterm. C) Long term. D) Long-term. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long-term. 33. 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. 34. 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. 35. 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'. 36. 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. 37. 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. 38. Hyphenate simple fractions, but do NOT hyphenate fractions if ..... A) It's a full moon. B) The number is higher than twenty. C) One of the numbers is negative. D) One of the numbers is already hyphenated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One of the numbers is already hyphenated. 39. Which of the following requires a hyphen? A) Re-enter. B) Re, enter. C) Reenter. D) Re enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re-enter. 40. Fundamentally, the hyphen's function is to become a joiner. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. When is it appropriate to use a hyphen with prefixes? A) When the prefix is a single letter, e.g., 'a-typical'. B) When the prefix is a number, e.g., '3D-printing'. C) When the prefix is followed by a capitalized word, e.g., 'pre-World War'. D) When the prefix ends with the same vowel that the root word begins with, e.g., 're-enter'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the prefix ends with the same vowel that the root word begins with, e.g., 're-enter'. 42. It is acceptable to introduce bullet points with a semicolon. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Identify the correctly hyphenated word in the sentence: "The antiinflammatory medication was effective." A) Anti inflammatory. B) Anti-inflammatory. C) Anti-inflam-matory. D) Antiinflammatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anti-inflammatory. 44. Hyphens help make two nouns become one complete word (example:kilogram-meter) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Choose the correctly hyphenated word: A) Re-iterate. B) Reiterate. C) Re-iterate. D) Re-iterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reiterate. 46. Identify the sentence that uses a hyphen to create a compound word. A) The mother-in-law is visiting this weekend. B) The mother; in law, is visiting this weekend. C) The mother in law is visiting this weekend. D) The mother, in law, is visiting this weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mother-in-law is visiting this weekend. 47. Identify the correctly hyphenated compound adjective: A) Well known. B) Wellknown. C) Well, known. D) Well-known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Well-known. 48. When should you use a hyphen with 'self'? A) When it is used in a list, e.g., 'self, help, esteem'. B) When it follows a verb, e.g., 'to self assess'. C) When forming compound words, e.g., 'self-esteem'. D) When it precedes a noun, e.g., 'self help'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When forming compound words, e.g., 'self-esteem'. 49. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a dash to set off information? A) I need to buy some groceries-milk, eggs, and bread. B) I need to buy some groceries-milk, eggs, and bread. C) I need to buy some groceries:milk, eggs, and bread. D) I need to buy some groceries; milk, eggs, and bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I need to buy some groceries-milk, eggs, and bread. 50. Find the mistake:My mother-in-law re-signed from her job yesterday. A) Re-signed. B) Mother-in-law. C) Yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re-signed. 51. Analyze the following sentence and determine if the dash is used correctly: "The concert-scheduled for tonight-has been postponed." A) Yes, the dash is used correctly to set off additional information. B) No, the dash should be replaced with a comma. C) No, the dash should be removed entirely. D) No, the dash should be replaced with a semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, the dash is used correctly to set off additional information. 52. Which of the following best uses a dash? A) This year has been strange so I am ready to have a fresh start. B) Masks, quarantines, family time, and hand sanitizer these all remind me of 2020. C) 2020 which our current year has been full of questions and the unexpected. D) I've tried to stay close to my in laws, and make sure they feel well loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Masks, quarantines, family time, and hand sanitizer these all remind me of 2020. 53. Raul did hours of ..... to decide which haircut would look best on his poodle. A) Research. B) Re search. C) Re-search. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Research. 54. What is the rule for hyphenating compound adjectives with 'well'? A) Hyphenate 'well' only when it follows the noun. B) Always hyphenate 'well' regardless of its position in a sentence. C) Do not hyphenate 'well' when it is used with a noun. D) Hyphenate 'well' with another adjective when it precedes a noun, e.g., 'well-respected leader'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphenate 'well' with another adjective when it precedes a noun, e.g., 'well-respected leader'. 55. I need to re-create my science project about solar powered lighting before the state contest. A) Recreate. B) Solar-powered-lighting. C) Solar-powered. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar-powered. 56. Pick the error in the sentence below.After they went to the store, Kate wanted to visit her friend, Jane, who was ill. A) Store,. B) No change. C) Friend,. D) Jane,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No change. 57. When writing the fraction one-half, should a hyphen be used? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) Only in certain cases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 58. Harry asked his friend to ..... the furniture so it wouldn't get dusty over the winter. A) Recover. B) Re-cover. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-cover. 59. Which one means to fix something? A) Re-pair. B) Repair. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repair. 60. Which one means to enter again? A) Re-enter. B) Entering. C) Reenter. D) Entered. 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