This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you correctly hyphenate 'four year' when used as an adjective? A) Four-year. B) Four year. C) Fouryears. D) Four-year-old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four-year. 2. 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. 3. Do not use hyphens to connect adverbs ending in ..... to the words they modify. A) -ion. B) -ly. C) -ing. D) -ish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ly. 4. Which of the following uses of hyphens in numbers and fractions is correct? A) Twentyone. B) Twenty-1. C) Twenty one. D) Twenty-one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twenty-one. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. It depends on which Disney theme park area with rides and attractions you mean. A) Hyphen. B) Parentheses. C) Incorrect. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parentheses. 8. 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. 9. Where does the semicolon go?Spring brings gentle rains and warmer weather in addition, there are thunderstorms and hail. A) Spring;. B) Weather;. C) Thunderstorms;. D) In;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather;. 10. 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. 11. 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 (-). 12. Which of the following sentences uses a hyphen incorrectly? A) The twenty-one-year-old student graduated. B) The student is twenty one years old. C) The student is twenty-one years old. D) The twenty-one year old student graduated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The student is twenty one years old. 13. What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a period? A) Semicolon. B) Colon. C) Dash. D) Hyphen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semicolon. 14. A hyphen is sometimes used to join ..... together. A) Sentence. B) Sentences. C) Word. D) Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words. 15. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate a range or a pause in a sentence? A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Parentheses. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dash. 16. 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. 17. 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: A) The car (which was red) sped past. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Choose the correct punctuation to complete the sentence:The author ..... known for her thrilling novels ..... will be speaking at the event. A) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Parentheses. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dash. 21. Mr. Smith always keeps his LAWN well groomed.What compound adjective describes LAWN? A) Always. B) Well. C) Groomed. D) Well groomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Well groomed. 22. 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. 23. Which of the following is a correct use of a hyphen in a suffix? A) Twenty-first. B) Twentyfirst. C) Twenty first. D) Twenty, first. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty-first. 24. 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. 25. Which punctuation mark is used to introduce a quotation or a list? A) Dash. B) Colon. C) Comma. D) Semicolon. 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