This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 1 (25 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) Year-old. B) Nine-year-old. C) Nine-year. D) Nine-year-old-sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nine-year-old. 7. It is typically used to express ranges or to clarify more complex compound words. A) En Dash. B) Semicolon. C) Hyphen. D) Em Dash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Al-most. B) Pape-r. C) Wa-ter. D) No-one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Low-income. B) Income-families. C) Often-struggle. D) Pay-bills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low-income. 15. The dog friendly hotel was located just two miles from the park. A) Dog-friendly. B) Friendly-hotel. C) Two-miles. D) Dog-friendly-hotel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Good-name. B) Cold-blooded. C) Longest-reptile. D) Not known. 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: D) 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) Fun-loving. B) Fun loving. C) Outgoing. D) Interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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's-old. C) Old-eight-century. D) Eight-century-old. 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. 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