Test Your Knowledge On The Correct Use Of Hyphens.
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- 1.Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
- A.
The television show was about man eating sharks.
- B.
The television show was about man-eating sharks.
- C.
The television-show was about man eating sharks.
- 2.Hyphens should not be used when using compound numbers between 21 and 99.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which of the following sentences are misusing hyphens?
- A.
The books found in the attic are dust-covered.
- B.
The dust-covered books were found in the attic.
- C.
I won a twenty-five dollar gift card at the raffle event.
- D.
At the raffle event I won a twenty five dollar gift-card.
- 4.Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen?
- A.
My son made the A-list in his kindergarten class this week.
- B.
My son made the A list in his kindergarten class this week.
- C.
My son made the A list in his kinder-garten class this week.
- 5.Select the location(s) where a hyphen should be included in the following sentence:The water 1 filled bucket was dumped over the game 2 show contestant.
- 6.Which of the following phrases should contain a hyphen?
- A.
Pre historic
- B.
Post graduate degree
- C.
Mid December
- 7.Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
- A.
We ate chocolate filled pastries for desert.
- B.
We ate chocolate-filled pastries for dessert.
- C.
We ate pastries for dessert that were chocolate-filled.
- 8.When should a hyphen be used?
- A.
Within a compound adjective that comes after a noun.
- B.
Within a compound adjective that comes before a noun.
- C.
Both the first and second option are correct.
- D.
None of the above are correct.
- 9.Select the following sentence(s) that correctly use a hyphen.
- A.
Football is an injury-prone sport.
- B.
Football is an injury prone sport.
- C.
Football players are more prone-to-injury.
- 10.Which of the following sentences contains a correctly placed hyphen?
- A.
There are fifty-five students enrolled for the course.
- B.
There are fifty five students enrolled for the course.
- C.
There are fifty five-students enrolled for the course.
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