Hyphens

Which of these is a hyphen?

• <

• *

• -

• { }

Which of the following uses hyphens correctly?

• 300=325 people

• 300 - 325 people

• 300-325 people

Which of the following fraction statements uses hyphens incorrectly?

• Shelly has more than a-third of the people like chocolate cake.

• More than one-third of the pizza is left.

• Mack can eat more than one-half of the large pizza.

Which of the following uses hyphens correctly in number format?

• -fifty five-

• thirty_two

• twenty=four

• sixty-nine

Which of these are the uses for hyphens? There may be more than one correct answer.

• Used to join words.

• Used in a subtraction equation.

• Separate syllables.

• Used when a word is too long it needs to be broken up.

Which word(s) should be hyphenated?

• Strawberry

• Exhusband

• Mrs. Johnson

• Re spect

Which of the following is true?

• Hyphens can used in ANY word.

• Hyphens may only be used in one syllable words.

• Hyphens may not be substituted with dashes.

Which of these sentences is incorrectly hyphenated?

• Bob went to Jonny's thirty-first birthday party.

• Nina visited her ex-husband on Saturday.

• Marcc is non-allergic to blueberries.

• Henri drove his auto-mobile to the store.