This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Compound Words – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Compound Words Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the sentence with the prefix correctly attached:A) The re-ordering of the books was necessary. B) The reordering of the books was necessary. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 2. True or False:The phrase 'I need to check the third-and fourth-grade classrooms' is punctuated correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. When you're talking about your confidence in yourself, which word is written correctly? A) Self-esteem. B) Self esteem. C) Selfesteem. D) Self, esteem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-esteem. 4. Complete the sentence:The ..... approach was effective in solving the problem. A) step-by-step B) step by step C) step-by step D) stepbystep A) Step-by-step. B) Step by step. C) Step-by step. D) Stepbystep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Step-by-step. 5. True or False:A hyphen is needed in this sentence:'My family is taking a vacation in mid July.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. True or False:Hyphens are not used when the first part of a compound adjective is an adverb ending in-ly, such as in 'quickly moving car.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. True or False:'The twenty three-year-old car' is correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. My brother got a summer job working a ten-hour shift. Which sentence below uses the compound adjective correctly? A) He works a long ten hour shift. B) His shift is ten-hours long. C) He works a ten-hour shift. D) He works a ten-hour-shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He works a ten-hour shift. 9. Which phrase correctly describes the jacket? A) The light blue jacket. B) The light-blue jacket. C) The lightblue jacket. D) The light-blue-jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The light-blue jacket. 10. Give example of hyphenated compound noun. A) Jack-in-the-box. B) Hotdog. C) Light year. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack-in-the-box. 11. Which of the following uses a hyphen correctly? A) Well known actor. B) Fast-paced movie. C) High school student. D) Medium sized dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fast-paced movie. 12. Complete the sentence:For my science project, I have to get an ..... of my hand. A) Xray. B) X ray. C) X, ray. D) X-ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X-ray. 13. True or False:The word 're-enter' requires a hyphen because of the prefix. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or False:Hyphens should be used to connect adverbs ending in-ly to the words they modify. For example, 'quickly-moving car' is correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Choose the correct sentence:A) The dog is well trained. B) The dog is well-trained. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 16. Complete the sentence:The cake was ..... with vanilla icing. A) chocolate-covered B) chocolate covered C) chocolate-covered D) chocolatecovered A) Chocolate covered. B) Chocolate-covered. C) Chocolatecovered. D) Chocolate-covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chocolate-covered. 17. Hyphenated compound words are formed by using a hyphen, a small dash used to connect words together. Example:Mother-in-law. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. My aunt just turned thirty-two! Which sentence shows the correct way to write a two-word number like her age? A) I need twenty one dollars for the movie ticket. B) My cousin is forty-five years old. C) There are fiftytwo cards in a deck. D) The answer to the math problem is sixty three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My cousin is forty-five years old. 19. Which sentence uses hyphens correctly? A) The fast paced game was exciting. B) The fast-paced game was exciting. C) The fast-paced-game was exciting. D) The fast paced-game was exciting. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 20. Identify the open compound word in the sentence:'My favorite place to relax is the coffee shop.' A) Coffee-shop. B) Coffeeshop. C) Coffee shop. D) Coffee-shoppe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coffee shop. 21. True or False:The word 'preteen' does not require a hyphen. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Complete the sentence:The sun is shining on the ..... field. A) Greenish-brown. B) Greenish brown. C) Greenishbrown. D) Green-brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenish-brown. 23. Complete the sentence:The ..... project required a lot of work. A) Lastminute. B) Last-minute. C) Last minute. D) Last-minute-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last-minute. 24. Which of these words is a correctly hyphenated compound adjective? A) Wellknown. B) Well-known. C) Well known. D) Well-knowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well-known. 25. Which of these words is correctly hyphenated as a compound adjective? A) Highschool. B) High-school. C) High school. D) Highs-chool. 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