This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We use hyphens to show that a word continues on the following line. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The water she was standing in was knee deep and filled with toxic waste. A) Knee-deep. B) Water-she-was-standing-in. C) Toxic-waste. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correct as is. 3. Which words in the following sentence should be hyphenated?Two thirds of respondents agree that not standing for the pledge is un American. A) Two-thirds. B) Two-thirds, un-American. C) Not-standing, un-American. D) Un-American. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-thirds, un-American. 4. Carefully choose the correct hyphenated word.The dog friendly event was held at the local park. A) Held-at. B) Local-park. C) Dog-friendly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog-friendly. 5. Which of the following sentences must have a hyphen? A) The stainless-steel cutlery needs some washing. B) The cutlery was made of stainless-steel. C) None. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stainless-steel cutlery needs some washing. 6. Choose the words that needs to be hyphenated:Angelina will bring along her nine year old sister for the trip. A) Nine-year. B) Nine-year-old-sister. C) Nine-year-old. D) Year-old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nine-year-old. 7. It is typically used to express ranges or to clarify more complex compound words. A) Hyphen. B) Em Dash. C) En Dash. D) Semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) En Dash. 8. At least ..... of the class will go to the party. A) Two third. B) Two thirds. C) Two-thirds. D) Two-third. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two-thirds. 9. What are Hyphens? A) A punctuation mark that is used to join adverbs and nouns. B) A punctuation mark that is used to separate words. C) A punctuation mark that is used to join words together. D) A punctuation mark used to end a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A punctuation mark that is used to join words together. 10. Which word is being hyphenated correctly at the end of a line? A) Wa-ter. B) Al-most. C) Pape-r. D) No-one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Al-most. 11. Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization and punctuation.He was a well known designer and artist. A) He was a "well known" designer and artist. B) He was a well-known designer and artist. C) He was a well-known designer and artist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a well-known designer and artist. 12. Should there be a hyphen or a comma between the red words?My brand new gym shoes got muddy at the soccer game. A) COMMA. B) HYPEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPEN. 13. What is the red punctuation doing in this sentence?Someone put googly eyes all over the place in here, and-if I'm being honest-I'm a little creeped out. A) They're hyphens! They're combining two words. B) They're dashes! They're separating sentence elements. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're dashes! They're separating sentence elements. 14. Low income families often struggle to pay bills. A) Often-struggle. B) Pay-bills. C) Low-income. D) Income-families. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low-income. 15. The dog friendly hotel was located just two miles from the park. A) Two-miles. B) Friendly-hotel. C) Dog-friendly-hotel. D) Dog-friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dog-friendly. 16. Is nesesary use Hyphens and Dashes A) Nop. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 17. Hyphen or Dash:we were told a story about a man(-/-)eating shark. A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 18. Which choice below should be hyphenated? A) Not known. B) Cold-blooded. C) Longest-reptile. D) Good-name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold-blooded. 19. My ..... said he rode like an expert. A) Half-sister Tina. B) Half sister:Tina. C) Half sister-Tina. D) Half:sister Tina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half-sister Tina. 20. This requires a three fifths majority. A) This requires a three-fifths majority. B) This requires a three fifths majority. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This requires a three-fifths majority. 21. Which sentence does use the correct hyphen? A) My three-year-old ate all the chocolate. B) My twenty-year-old friend love to read novels. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My twenty-year-old friend love to read novels. 22. A person who is funny and sociable. A) Outgoing. B) Interested. C) Fun-loving. D) Fun loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fun-loving. 23. Insert hyphens if needed.The high temperature will be between 90 and 100 degrees. A) The high temperature will be between-90 and 100 degrees. B) The high temperature will be between 90-100 degrees. C) The high-temperature will be between 90-and-100 degrees. D) The high temperature will be between 90-100-degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The high temperature will be between 90-100 degrees. 24. That magnificent ..... temple was constructed by the Chinese. A) Eight-century-old. B) Eight-century-old. C) Eight-century's-old. D) Old-eight-century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eight-century-old. 25. What is a Hyphen used for? A) Showing Ranges in Numbers and Dates. B) Indicating possession. C) Replacing parenthesis, colons, commas. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the Above. 26. There are ..... students in this room. A) 20 30. B) 20-30. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20-30. 27. The far-off land had hardhearted neighbors and cats.What is the compound adjective that is hyphenated in the sentence? A) Neighbors. B) Cats. C) Hardhearted. D) Far-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far-off. 28. The wizard in the movie was all powerful and wise. A) Wizard-in the movie. B) All-powerful-and-wise. C) Movie-was. D) All-powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All-powerful. 29. Choose the words that need to be hyphenated:Tim is a good looking boy. A) Looking-boy. B) -good-looking. C) -good-looking-boy. D) Good-looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good-looking. 30. We need to wear mask because of ..... A) Covid19. B) Co-vid19. C) Covid-19. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covid-19. 31. I am referring to the well known Magic Kingdom Park in Florida. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) Parentheses. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyphen. 32. If you don't want to use two dashes to offset important information, what could you use instead? A) Colons. B) Quotation marks. C) Periods. D) Commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commas. 33. 'Could I ..... the question?' I asked Miss Coles. A) Re-try. B) Retry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retry. 34. The journey to seaside seemed ..... ! A) Unending. B) Un-ending. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unending. 35. Mother-in-law, passer-by and student-teacher are examples of? A) Hyphens used for ambiguity. B) Hyphenated adjectives. C) Hyphenated nouns. D) Hyphens to join prefixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyphenated nouns. 36. Which word completes the sentence:Brad Stephens is an excellent footballer I'm glad he has ..... at our club. A) Re-sign. B) Resigned. C) Re-signed. D) Resign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re-signed. 37. Select the correct use of the prefix. A) The protest was portrayed as being anti-American by some politicians. B) The protest was portrayed as being anti American by some politicians. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protest was portrayed as being anti-American by some politicians. 38. Swiftly moving river A) Does need a hyphen. B) Does not need a hyphen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not need a hyphen. 39. Fill in the gap in the following sentence:'Dad decided to ..... the old chair with a bright, new fabric to make it look brand new.' A) Re-cover. B) Resign. C) Re-sign. D) Recover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re-cover. 40. The prefixes ..... and ..... always get a hyphen. A) Pro, anti. B) Non, un. C) Pre, post. D) Self, ex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self, ex. 41. When a modifier consists of two words that join together to describe a noun, you do not need to use a hyphen. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. Which word completes the sentence?Have you heard that the pop group, one Direction, have ..... ? A) Reformed. B) Reform. C) Re-form. D) Re-formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-formed. 43. One word, two words or hyphenated? A) She loves a deep-blue sky. B) She loves a deepblue sky. C) She loves a deep blue sky. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loves a deep-blue sky. 44. Adverbs ending in-ly are not hyphenated. Is this two words or hyphenated? A) The heavily-laden shelf was beginning to buckle. B) The heavily laden shelf was beginning to buckle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The heavily laden shelf was beginning to buckle. 45. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?It's sixty seven degrees outside, and it's nearly February! A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 46. Should there be a hyphen between the two blue words?I needed to get a part time job to earn some spending money. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 47. Hyphens are often used with adjectives and words that are not combined. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. I was so excited-my two favorite authors had decided to ..... a new story. A) Coauthor. B) Co-author. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Co-author. 49. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?Since changes to the attendance policy were insufficient, we were asked to resign the petition on the policy. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 50. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?Tommy's girlfriend is a complete sweetheart. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 51. The two cats couldn't get along at first, but in the end they learned to ..... A) Co-exist. B) Coexist. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Co-exist. 52. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?Our school's winning football record is well known. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 53. Enter the correct word to complete the sentence:What an awful ..... to make about someone else's hard work. A) Remark. B) Re-marked. C) Re-mark. D) Remarked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remark. 54. What is the main difference between a dash and a hyphen? A) They are the same thing! Geez!. B) One interrupts a sentence, the other stops the sentence. C) One allows for lists, the other allows the writer to explain something. D) One interrupts a sentence, the other joins words into one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One interrupts a sentence, the other joins words into one. 55. My uncle is ill, so we made some food he can ..... when he gets hungry. A) Reheat. B) Re-heat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reheat. 56. You can use hyphens to keep the meaning clear in sentences. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Laura, a friendly little girl, says hello to everyone she passes. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 58. Which information in the below sentence should be offset using dashes?If you want to get into Princeton and everyone wants to get into Princeton you'd better get excellent grades. A) Get into Princeton. B) And everyone wants to get into Princeton. C) Excellent. D) You'd better get. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And everyone wants to get into Princeton. 59. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?My uncle is a well known jazz musician. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 60. Which word completes the sentence: ..... the internet to find about Greek Gods. A) Researched. B) Re-searching. C) Research. D) Re-search. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-search. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesHyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 2Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive QuizApostrophes With Plural Possessives QuizApostrophes QuizBasic Punctuation Formative Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books