This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Dashes – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dashes Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:I love reading books-especially mysteries and thrillers-when it rains. A) I love. B) I reading. C) I read. D) I reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I love. 2. Insert the missing dashes. Sara chose her research topic blue whales. A) Topic-. B) Research-. C) Blue-. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topic-. 3. A noun or pronoun, in the form of a word, a phrase, or a clause, that further explains, renames, or identifies another noun or pronoun in thatsame sentence is a(an) A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Appositive. D) Nonrestrictive phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appositive. 4. Complete the sentence:The annual parade-celebrated by the whole town-features floats from various groups (including schools and businesses). A) Including schools and businesses). B) Including schools and businesses. C) Including schools and businesses. D) Including school and business). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Including schools and businesses). 5. Parentheses can be used to include essential information that changes the meaning of a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which sentence is punctuated correctly with dashes? A) The cake-chocolate and vanilla-was delicious. B) The cake chocolate-and vanilla-was delicious. C) The cake chocolate-and vanilla was-delicious. D) The cake-chocolate and vanilla was delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cake-chocolate and vanilla-was delicious. 7. Dashes are used to indicate an abrupt change in thought within a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Complete the sentence:The teacher gave us extra homework ( ..... everyone groaned at the news). A) And. B) Yet. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 9. True or False:Parentheses can replace commas in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. The band meets at 3:30 ..... The orchestra meets at 4:00 ..... The choir meets at 6:00.The ellipsis shows ..... A) A pause. B) An unfinished thought. C) Separation of a list of ideas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separation of a list of ideas. 11. Jim waved at his soon to be ex girlfriend. A) Ex-girlfriend. B) Soon-to-be ex-girlfriend. C) Soon-to-be. D) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soon-to-be ex-girlfriend. 12. What punctuation can replace parentheses in this sentence:The car (a red convertible) was parked outside? A) Commas. B) Dashes. C) Semicolons. D) Colons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dashes. 13. Which type of punctuation should go in the blanks?The picture of the clown ..... at the bottom of the page ..... gives me the creeps. A) Commas. B) Dashes. C) Parentheses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parentheses. 14. Complete the sentence:We visited the museum (it was ..... ) on Saturday. A) Huge. B) Bigger. C) Biggest. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huge. 15. True or False:Parentheses can replace commas for necessary information. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. In which sentence are parentheses used to add non-essential information? A) Our cat (who loves naps, sleeps all day. B) Our cat who) loves naps (sleeps all day. C) Our cat (who loves naps) sleeps all day. D) Our cat (who loves naps sleeps) all day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our cat (who loves naps) sleeps all day. 17. Dashes can replace other forms of punctuation. Determine which form of punctuation will be replaced in this sentence. Ex-My brother, Andrew, got a new job. A) Commas. B) Parentheses. C) Colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas. 18. Which sentence contains the best use of dash? A) Mrs. Johnson who is normally a very patient person gets easily irritated when students do not listen. B) I went to school yesterday I did awesome on the test!. C) The gray skies the huge clouds this is what let us know that a storm was coming. D) The TV show will make you laugh even if you are in a bad mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Johnson who is normally a very patient person gets easily irritated when students do not listen. 19. Identify the sentence that uses dashes correctly to set off a non-essential clause. A) The teacher-who was very experienced-gave a great lecture. B) The teacher who was very experienced-gave a great lecture. C) The teacher-who was very experienced, gave a great lecture. D) The teacher who was very experienced, gave a great lecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher-who was very experienced-gave a great lecture. 20. Which of the following sentences uses parentheses correctly for additional detail? A) My mom (who is a great cook made dinner. B) My mom (who is a great cook) made dinner. C) My mom who is a great cook) made dinner. D) My mom who is a (great cook made dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My mom (who is a great cook) made dinner. 21. "These emotions can transform, ..... and consequently they have been understood as keys to the dynamics of emotional illness." A) Passage of time. B) An unfinished thought. C) Omitted text from a quotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omitted text from a quotation. 22. Which sentence correctly uses parentheses to clarify information? A) The river (which is quite polluted) flows through the city. B) The river which is quite polluted) flows through the city. C) The river (which is quite polluted flows through the city. D) The river which is quite polluted flows (through the city). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The river (which is quite polluted) flows through the city. 23. Parentheses can sometimes be replaced by dashes for added emphasis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Choose the sentence where dashes are used correctly. A) She loves fruits-especially apples oranges. B) She loves fruits-especially apples and oranges. C) She loves fruits especially-apples-and oranges. D) She loves-fruits especially apples and oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She loves fruits-especially apples and oranges. 25. What is the ellipses used for?The letter ended, "And so, my dear friend ..... I will say farewell." A) Pause. B) Omission. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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