Test Your Knowledge On The Correct Use Of Hyphens.

10 Questions | By Mamoral2 | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 481

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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.

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.
9.

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.
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.