This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 21 (25 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: A) 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) Years old. B) Day old. C) Year old. D) Month old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 B) Never, hyphens are outdated and unnecessary.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-achieve. D) High, achieving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words together, often to create compound terms. B) A symbol used to indicate a pause in a sentence. C) A type of dash used for emphasis in writing. D) A mark used to separate items in a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 casebycase basis. D) The decision was made on a case-by case 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) Hyphen. B) Dash. C) Bracket. D) Parenthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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. Which of the following is NOT a correct use of parentheses? A) The recipe (which was my grandmother's) is very old. B) The recipe which was (my grandmother's) is very old. C) The recipe (which was my grandmother's is very old. D) The recipe (which was my grandmother's) is very old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The recipe (which was my grandmother's is very old. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar 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 7Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 8Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books