This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Hyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Hyphens In Prefixes And Suffixes Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There are ..... students in this room. A) 20 30. B) 20-30. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20-30. 2. Which sentence does use correct hyphen? A) He was tall and quite good-looking. B) He was tall-and-quite good looking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was tall and quite good-looking. 3. The far-off land had hardhearted neighbors and cats.What is the compound adjective that is hyphenated in the sentence? A) Neighbors. B) Hardhearted. C) Cats. D) Far-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far-off. 4. The wizard in the movie was all powerful and wise. A) Wizard-in the movie. B) All-powerful-and-wise. C) Movie-was. D) All-powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All-powerful. 5. Choose the words that need to be hyphenated:Tim is a good looking boy. A) -good-looking. B) -good-looking-boy. C) Good-looking. D) Looking-boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good-looking. 6. We need to wear mask because of ..... A) Covid19. B) Co-vid19. C) Covid-19. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covid-19. 7. I am referring to the well known Magic Kingdom Park in Florida. A) Hyphen. B) Parentheses. C) Incorrect. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphen. 8. If you don't want to use two dashes to offset important information, what could you use instead? A) Periods. B) Colons. C) Quotation marks. D) Commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commas. 9. 'Could I ..... the question?' I asked Miss Coles. A) Re-try. B) Retry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retry. 10. The journey to seaside seemed ..... ! A) Unending. B) Un-ending. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unending. 11. Mother-in-law, passer-by and student-teacher are examples of? A) Hyphenated adjectives. B) Hyphens used for ambiguity. C) Hyphenated nouns. D) Hyphens to join prefixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyphenated nouns. 12. Which word completes the sentence:Brad Stephens is an excellent footballer I'm glad he has ..... at our club. A) Resigned. B) Re-signed. C) Resign. D) Re-sign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-signed. 13. Select the correct use of the prefix. A) The protest was portrayed as being anti-American by some politicians. B) The protest was portrayed as being anti American by some politicians. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protest was portrayed as being anti-American by some politicians. 14. Swiftly moving river A) Does need a hyphen. B) Does not need a hyphen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not need a hyphen. 15. Fill in the gap in the following sentence:'Dad decided to ..... the old chair with a bright, new fabric to make it look brand new.' A) Re-sign. B) Resign. C) Re-cover. D) Recover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re-cover. 16. The prefixes ..... and ..... always get a hyphen. A) Pro, anti. B) Non, un. C) Pre, post. D) Self, ex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self, ex. 17. When a modifier consists of two words that join together to describe a noun, you do not need to use a hyphen. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Which word completes the sentence?Have you heard that the pop group, one Direction, have ..... ? A) Reformed. B) Re-formed. C) Reform. D) Re-form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-formed. 19. One word, two words or hyphenated? A) She loves a deep-blue sky. B) She loves a deepblue sky. C) She loves a deep blue sky. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loves a deep-blue sky. 20. Adverbs ending in-ly are not hyphenated. Is this two words or hyphenated? A) The heavily-laden shelf was beginning to buckle. B) The heavily laden shelf was beginning to buckle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The heavily laden shelf was beginning to buckle. 21. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?It's sixty seven degrees outside, and it's nearly February! A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 22. Should there be a hyphen between the two blue words?I needed to get a part time job to earn some spending money. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 23. Hyphens are often used with adjectives and words that are not combined. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. I was so excited-my two favorite authors had decided to ..... a new story. A) Coauthor. B) Co-author. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Co-author. 25. In the following sentence, should the bold word be hyphenated?Since changes to the attendance policy were insufficient, we were asked to resign the petition on the policy. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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